Page xii, line 21, for ‘Evil’ read ‘evil.’
Page xiii, line 15, for ‘Born’ read ‘born.’
Page 4, line 4, delete ‘still.’
Page 5, line 22, after ‘camel’ add ‘of which the red-haired variety was most esteemed.’
Page 6, line 21, for ‘Scythian’ read ‘Elamitic.’
Page 7, line 19, for ‘was’ read ‘became,’ line 25 and elsewhere, for ‘Tritá’ and ‘Traitána’ read ‘Trita’ and ‘Traitana,’
Page 9, line 16 and elsewhere, for ‘Ázarbiján’ read ‘Ázarbáiján.’
Page 10, bottom. The date of the fall of Nineveh has lately been assigned to the year B.C. 612. See ‘The Fall of Nineveh,’ p. 9 seq. By C. J. Gadd. reference number 2, after R insert P.
Page 11, line 29 and elsewhere, for ‘Hira and Anbar’ read ‘Híra and Ambár.’
Page 13, reference number 2, for ‘NESH’ read ‘NSEH.’
Page 14, line 25, for ‘Sámánides’ read ‘Sámánids.’
Page 17, delete lines 7-10. reference number 1, add ‘See too A. V. Williams Jackson,’ ‘From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam,’ Ch. v.’
Page 19, line 19, for ‘Sacaestan’ read ‘Sacaestán.’ reference number 3, delete ‘iii.’
Page 21, line 7 and elsewhere, for ‘Nuh’ read ‘Núh.’ line 12, for ‘appealed’ read ‘turned.’
Page 29, line 12 from bottom, cf LEC, pp. 206, 207 and note.
Page 31, delete lines 13-16, and read ‘that Fazl, son of Ahmad, is referred to on both occasions.’
Page 33, line 23, delete full stop, insert comma, and for ‘Such is not’ read ‘not be in.’
Page 34, five lines from bottom, delete ‘While I sat looking on’ and read ‘While I o'erlooked from far.’
Page 37, line 22, for ‘Arúdí read‘ 'Arúdí.’
Page 38, seven lines from bottom, for ‘Bazh’ read ‘Bázh.’ six lines from bottom, after ‘city’ add reference number 1. at bottom add note ‘1The quarter in which Bázh was situated was known as Tabarán.’
Page 39, bottom, reference number 1, delete ‘§1 and 7’ and read ‘The too spiritual conception of the Deity in §1 and the references to 'Alí in §7.’
Page 41, last line, for ‘axe’ read ‘ax.’
Page 43, note 2, for ‘fakká’ read ‘fakká,’ and for ‘Cf.’ read ‘Cf.’
Page 45, line 24, after ‘indigo’ add reference number 2. line five from bottom, after ‘Cemetery’ add reference number 3. at bottom add ‘2Cf. Encl. Brit. (11th ed.), Vol. 11, p. 917, col. 2. 2Professor A. V. Williams Jackson's suggestion that, as burial in the Muhammadan cemetery was refused, the corpse of Firdausí was reconveyed within the walls and buried in ground belonging to him, seems far f. om improbable. From Constantinople to the Tomb of Omar Khayyám, p. 291.
Page 50, line 7, for ‘Ahriman’ read ‘Áhriman.’
Page 51, line 23, add reference number 1. bottom, add ‘1Thus Pírán (see p. 55) may represent Perun, the Slavonic god of thunder.’
Page 61, line 3, delete ‘which’ and to end of sentence, and insert ‘i.e. of Ázargashasp.’
Page 62, bottom, after reference number 7 insert DZA, i, 209.
Page 67, line 18, end, add ‘bin.’
Page 68, line 9, end add ‘or identical with.’ bottom, reference number 1, add NIN, 15.
Page 69, bottom, for ‘108’ read ‘107.’
Page 71, line 19, after ‘Oxus’ insert ‘Caspian.’ line 20, after ‘Dardanelles’ insert ‘Mediterranean.’ bottom, reference number 6, after ‘80’ add ‘notes.’
Page 73, line 8 from bottom, for ‘land’ read ‘earth.’ line 7 from bottom, after ‘Sháhs’ add reference number 1. line 5 from bottom, after ‘canal’ add reference number 2. bottom, add ‘1Kai Kubád. See Vol. ii, p. 22. 2Id. 192.’
Page 74, line 8, after ‘tree’ add reference number 1. bottom, add ‘1Cercis Siliquastum.’
Page 77, line 11, for ‘the first half’ read ‘three-fifths.’ line 8 from bottom, after ‘repetitions’ add reference number 1. bottom, add ‘1These of course do not include the great duplications of tradition in the poem.’
Page 82, line 11, for ‘regarded’ read ‘looked upon.’ line 25, after ‘farr’ add reference number 2. bottom, add ‘2pp. 369, 370.’
Page 83, line 18, before ‘múbidán’ insert— line 25, after ‘subject’ add reference number 2. bottom, add ‘2The expression is used, however, of Bahrám Gúr (Vol. vii, p. 78) and of Núshírwán (viii, p. 14). It is also applied to non-Íránians, to Suhráb, who was opposing the Íránians (ii 145), Pírán (ii, 261, 275, 324, iii, 106), Pílsam (ii, 352), Tazháv, an Iránian deserter (iii, 28), Bazánúsh (vi, 297), and there are other instances.’
Page 84, line 3, for ‘camp enclosure’ read ‘camp-enclosure.’
Page 85, line 20, for ‘end’ read ‘beginning.’
Page 87, bottom, add ‘Rogers, The Shah-namah of Fardusi. Translated from the original Persian. 1909. (A version partly in verse and partly in epitomized prose.)
Page 88, lines 11 and 27, for ‘Ardibihisht’ read ‘Ardíbihisht.’ line 12 and bottom, for ‘Sharívar’ read ‘Shahrívar.’ lines 12 and 26, for ‘Farvardín’ read ‘Farwardín.’ line 17 and page 89, line 3, for ‘Ádar’ read ‘Ázar.’
Page 89, line 4, for ‘Dín’ read ‘Dai.’
Page 90, line 9, for ‘3 generations’ read ‘4 generations1’ and aid at bottom,’ 1See Vol. v. p. 203.’ for ‘Barmaiún. Kataiún.’ read ‘Purmáya. Kaiánush.’ 15 add as son to Minuchihr ‘Zarasp.’ 17, add as son to Tús ‘Zarásp.’
Page 92, line 5 add as descendant from Túr ‘Máh Áfríd, d.’ line 10, add as descendant of Wisa ‘Kurúkhán.’ line 11, for ‘Pírán’ read ‘Pírán=Gulshahr.’ line 15, to descendants of Afrásiyáb add ‘Manízha, d.= Bízhan’ and delete ‘Rúín.’ line 17, for ‘Kurakhán’ read ‘Kurákhán.’
Page 93, lines 20 and 22, transpose ‘EP’ and ‘EHI.’
Page 94, delete lines 4-5. bottom, add ‘ZT. Chronique de Abou-Djafar-Mo'hammed-Ben-Djarir-Ben-Yezid Tabari. Traduite sur la version Persane d'Abou-'Ali Mo'hammed Bel'ami par M. Hermann Zotenberg.’
Page 100, line 4, for ‘Shaddad son of Ad’ read ‘Shaddád son of 'Ad.’
Page 100, line 7, for ‘Shaddad’ read ‘Shaddád.’
Page 100, line 10, for ‘Nasiru'd’ read ‘Násiru'd.’
Page 104, after line 4 insert— ‘Thus is it now: what the world's end will be None knoweth openly or privily.’
Page 106, line 12, for ‘The’ read ‘In,’
Page 108, line 15, for ‘with’ read ‘to.’
Page 112, line 2, for ‘The’ read ‘In.’ 8 from bottom, for ‘light’ read ‘blaze.’
Page 113, line 7 and elsewhere, for ‘Ind’ read ‘Hind.’ line 19, end, add full stop.
Page 117, line 2, Delete ‘FOR.’
Page 118, line 4, for ‘mountain of the holy’ read ‘Mountain of the Holy.’
Page 120, line 1, for ‘Slain’ read ‘slain’ and delete ‘the Hand of.’
Page 121, line 5, for ‘Fight’ read ‘fight.’
Page 126, line 5, add ‘This is the first of many doublets in the poem.’ line 16, for ‘gold’ read ‘good.’
Page 129, line 6 from bottom, for ‘o’ read ‘of.’
Page 130, line 11, after ‘gallery’ insert … line 23, for ‘have’ read ‘find,’ and add to reference 4 ‘WPT. i. 142.’
Page 131, line 15, for ‘They’ read ‘they.’
Page 132, line 11, add full stop at end.
Page 135, line 3, for ‘departed from’ read ‘abandoned.’ line 11 from bottom, end, delete comma and insert full stop.
Page 138, line 8 from bottom, delete ‘thou my’ and read ‘any.’
Page 141, line 4 from bottom, for ‘light’ read ‘Grace.’
Page 142, line 5 from bottom, for ‘downstricken’ read ‘down-stricken.’ line 4 from bottom, for ‘Áspikán’ read ‘Áspíkán.’
Page 143, line 7, for ‘1’ read ‘2.’ 15, for ‘2’ read ‘3.’ 20, for ‘Baghdad’ read ‘Baghdád.’ 25, after ‘Ispahán’ add reference number 4. 31, for reference number 3 read 5. 33, for reference number 4 read 6. bottom, after reference 3 insert ‘4ZT, i, 117,’ and for reference numbers 4 and 5 read 5 and 6.
Page 145, line 25, for ‘Evil’ read ‘evil.’
Page 147, line 7, for ‘Kúrds’ read ‘Kurds.’
Page 161, line 6, for ‘Bait al’ read ‘Baitu'l.’
Page 171, line 2, for ‘HIS REIGN WAS’ read ‘HE REIGNED.’
Page 173, line 31, for ‘glory’ read ‘Glory.’
Page 174, after line 21 add ‘§24. We have here another doublet. Cf. p. 290.’
Page 175, line 13, for ‘He,’ read ‘Be.’
Page 181, line 13, delete ‘never’ and insert it after ‘children.’ 2 from bottom, end, insert comma.
Page 184, line 18, for ‘except’ read ‘unless.’
Page 189, line 4 from bottom, for ‘Envious’ read ‘envious.’
Page 199, line 7 from bottom, for ‘Slain’ read ‘slain.’
Page 201, note, line 4, for ‘Námáh’ read ‘Námah.’
Page 205, line 9, for ‘Born’ read ‘born.’
Page 207, line 13, for ‘Chach’ read ‘Chách.’
Page 208, line 12, for ‘wagons did they fill’ read ‘wains they filled.’
Page 209, line 19, for ‘no longer harboureth’ read ‘hath ceased to harbour.’ line 20, for ‘evident’ read ‘plain.’
Page 211, delete line 2 and read ‘With treasure and brocade, dínárs and gems.’
Page 212, line 21, for ‘All’ read ‘all.’ line 7 from bottom, for ‘torquoise’ read ‘turquoise.’
Page 219, line 5 from bottom, for ‘a’ read ‘the’ and after ‘ball’ add reference number 1. bottom, insert ‘1See p. 79.’
Page 221, line 18, for ‘Announce’ read ‘announce.’ line 7, from bottom, for ‘he’ read ‘He,’
Page 224, line 11, after ‘me’ insert ‘stay.’
Page 224, line 12, for ‘Stop to draw breath’ read ‘To breathe.’ 22, for ‘moralising’ read ‘moralling.”
Page 226, line 4, delete ‘of our.’
Page 227, line 21, for ‘Slain’ r??ad ‘slain’ and delete ‘the Hand of.’
Page 228, line 9, for ‘produce of it’ read ‘fruit thereof.’
Page 230, line 9, for ‘our avenging’ read ‘vengeful.’
Page 236, after line 7 insert ‘§18. Cf. previous reign, §24.’ line 8, beginning, insert ‘§29.’ 5 from bottom, beginning, insert ‘§31.’
Page 237, bottom, note 1, add ‘But cf. Vol. v. p. 30.’
Page 250, side reference, prefix ‘V.’
Page 252, line 15, for ‘Danbar’ read ‘Dambar.’
Page 256, line 4, for ‘Dunbar’ read ‘Dambar.’
Page 275, line 3 from bottom, for ‘Explain’ read ‘explain.’
Page 280, line 9, and elsewhere, for ‘Almighty’ read ‘almighty’ when not absolute.
Page 284, line 1, for ‘Aware’ read ‘aware.’
Page 292, line 20, for ‘War against’ read ‘fight.’
Page 293, end of note, add ‘309.’
Page 299, line 6 from bottom, for ‘Wroth’ read ‘wroth.’
Page 307, line 7 from bottom, add reference number 1 after ‘lasso.’
Page 325, line 11, for ‘Sám’ read ‘Zál.’
Page 337, line 2, delete ‘FOR.’
Page 338, line 6, for ‘Yast’ read ‘Yasht,’ and at bottom, note 1, after 1 insert ‘Cf. p. 59.’
From 342, line 3 from bottom, for ‘Knowhow’ read ‘Know how.’
Page 347, line 10, for ‘lowered’ read ‘loured.’
Page 351, side reference, insert 2. 4 lines from bottom, insert comma after ‘throb.’
Page 352, line 4, delete semicolon.
Page 354, line 21, for ‘Guzhdaham’ read ‘Gazhdaham.’
Page 355, line 4 from bottom, delete comma at end.
Page 358, line 6 and elsewhere, for ‘Hirmund’ read ‘Hírmund.’
Page 366, line 12, delete ‘not.’
Page 373, line 2, for ‘HIS REIGN WAS’ read ‘HE REIGNED.’
Page 378, line 7, for ‘lance’ read ‘spear.’
Page 380, line 6 from bottom, after ‘harm’ add reference number 1, and at bottom add ‘1Cf. BLHP, i, 452. Jackson, “From Constantinople to the Tomb of Omar Khayyam,” p. 119.’
Page 381, line 4 from bottom, for ‘plants’ read ‘plans.’
Page v, line 13, end, add—
Page ix, line 25, delete ‘Kai.’
Page 3, line, 12, for ‘Kataiún’ read ‘Katáyún.’
Page 3, line 15, to children of Gushtásp add Farshídward, Shírú, and thirty-seven others (un-named), for ‘Bíshú-tan’ read ‘Bishútan and for ‘Afrid’ read ‘Áfríd. bottom, after (20) insert =d. of Kaid.
Page 5, line 20, after ‘d'Or,’ add full stop, and for ‘texte’ read ‘Texte.’
Page 6, heading, for ‘NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION’ read ‘ABBREVIATIONS.’
Page 18, line 4, for ‘Kharzarwán’ read ‘Khazarwán.’
Page 19, line 18, for ‘Turkestán’ read ‘Turkistán.’
Page 27, line 1, delete full stop at end. line 4 from bottom. ‘There is actually a tribe existing to this day among the Elburz Mountains, or the fastnesses of ancient Hyrcania, which still bears the name Div Sapeed.’ S. G. W. Benjamin, Persia and the Persians, p. 302.
Page 29, note 1, add ‘Vol. v, p. 116.’
Page 61, line 9, for ‘bears’ read ‘bear.’
Page 69 line 20 add semicolon at end.
Page 81, line 3 from bottom, after ‘crystal’ insert reference number 9 and at bottom add ‘Ruins near Aivan-i-Kaif (Kai?) some forty miles South-east of Tihrán are still traditionally ascribed to Kai Káús. See A. V. Williams Jackson. From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam, p. 123.’
Page 89, line 25, end, insert comma. 26 after ‘Káús’ insert comma.
Page 95, line 6 from bottom, after ‘Zawára’ add reference number 1 and at bottom add ‘1This is the first mention of Rustam's brother.’
Page 97, line 5, for ‘a Zam of’ read ‘Zam's stream with.’ bottom, delete ‘The name of a river’ and read ‘i.e. the Oxus.’
Page 103, line 12, for ‘What ever’ read ‘Whatever.’
Page 118, bottom, for ‘i, p. 236’ read ‘v, p. 30.’
Page 119, bottom, after ‘V’ insert full stop.
Page 121, line 21, after ‘him’ insert reference number 1, and at bottom add ‘1C. adds rightly:— They led him herdwards That they might have their portion from that steed; As I have heard, he covered forty mares And one became with foal. Cf. p. 128 and NIN, p. 45 note 1.’
Page 157, line 7, for ‘spoken’ read ‘unspoken.’
Page 196, line 16, for ‘heart and eyes’ read ‘Heart and Eyes.’
Page 200, line 11, for ‘she’ read ‘She.’
Page 221, line 13, for ‘unled’ read ‘unsoiled.’
Page 224, end of last line, insert reference number 1 and add at bottom ‘1See pp. 38 seq., 88 seq.’
Page 225, line 12, for ‘All-righteous’ read ‘all-righteous.’
Page 229, line 16, for ‘Who’ read ‘who.’ and elsewhere.
Page 247, line 5 and elsewhere, for ‘Almighty’ read ‘almighty’ when not absolute.
Page 252, line 4, for ‘my’ read ‘mine.’
Page 256, line 6 from bottom, for ‘caparisoned’ read ‘betrapped.’
Page 257, line 2 from bottom, delete full stop and insert comma at end.
Page 261, line 21 and elsewhere, for ‘Holy’ read ‘holy’ when not absolute.
Page 265, line 18, delete comma at end.
Page 281, line 22, for ‘Irán’ read ‘Túrán.’
Page 285, line 1, for ‘dressed’ read ‘drest.’
Page 306, line 14, end, insert semicolon.
Page 310, line 4 from bottom, for ‘All-holy’ read ‘all-holy.’
Page 312, line 4 from bottom, after ‘league’ insert comma.
Page 313, line 5 from bottom, end, insert comma. 4 from bottom after ‘hearing’ insert comma.
Page 321, line 1, end, add reference number 1. 12, end, add reference number 2. bottom, insert ‘1See p. 261. 2See p. 293.’
Page 328, line 11, for ‘Kalúr’ read ‘Kalú.’ 5 from bottom, for ‘blunt’ read ‘pointless.’ 4 from bottom, for ‘would go’ read ‘hunted,’ and insert full stop at end. 3 from bottom, delete ‘To hunt,’ and for ‘at’ read ‘At.’
Page 341, line 8 from bottom, for ‘Kawá’ read ‘Káwa.’
Page 374, line 6 from bottom, end, insert reference number 1. bottom, insert ‘1See p. 312.’
Page 377, line 22, insert reference number 1. bottom, insert ‘1See p. 273.’
Page 384, line 7 from bottom, delete comma and insert full stop at end.
Page 390, bottom, delete “and insert’”.
Page 395, line 3, end, insert reference number 1. bottom, insert ‘See p. 363.’
Page 412, last line, for ‘toward’ read ‘tow'rd.’
Page 3, line 24, end, add ‘Kisari Mohan Ganguli and published by.’
Page 14, line 30, end, add reference number 5 and ‘The text also allows the view that Farúd dwelt on Mount Sapad. See Vol. v, p. 30.’
Page 15, Note 1, end, add ‘There was no difficulty in finding an additional rhyme without using ‘Pashan.’ ‘Gashan’ (much) rhymes with ‘Pashan’ in Vol. VIII, p. 397 and note.
Page 20, line 22, end, add reference number 1, and at bottom ‘1Cf. Vol. 1, p. 61.’
Page 36, line 8, for ‘Tis’ read ‘'Tis.’
Page 45, line 23, for ‘that’ read ‘thou.’
Page 59, line 17 and elsewhere, for ‘Almighty’ read ‘almighty’ when not absolute.
Page 68, line 18, for ‘stoneand’ read ‘stone and.’
Page 83, note 2, end, add ‘(p. 10).’
Page 84, line 7 from bottom and elsewhere, for ‘All-holy’ read ‘all-holy’ when not absolute.
Page 102, line 22 for ‘Omnipotent’ read ‘omnipotent.’
Page 110, line 2 and elsewhere, for ‘Who’ read ‘who.’ 6, for ‘Whom’ read ‘whom’.
Page 130, line 11, add comma at end.
Page 134, line 6, end, add! line 15, end, add”.
Page 141, line 2 from bottom and elsewhere, for ‘Holy’ read ‘holy’ when not absolute.
Page 148, note, for ‘Pehlevan’ read ‘Pehlewan’ and after ‘donna’ delete comma
Page 151, line 4 from bottom, add full stop at end.
Page 172, note, for ‘Car’ read ‘car.’
Page 191, line 12, for ‘Abul’ read ‘'Abu'l.’
Page 194, line 8, for ‘Khan’ read ‘Khán.’
Page 213, line 22, for ‘Oleader’ read ‘O leader.’
Page 234, note, for ‘Et’ read ‘et’ and for ‘comblan’ read ‘com-blant. ’
Page 237, line 7, prefix“.
Page 241, line 22, delete ‘far.’
Page 251, note, for ‘Sur’ read ‘sur.’
Page 275, line 10, end, delete!
Page 285, line 8 from bottom, for ‘fraicheur’ read ‘fraîcheur.’ last line, add reference number 2.
Page 287, side reference, for ‘V. 1063’ read ‘V. 1065’ and subsequent side references consecutively, i.e., ‘V. 1066,’ ‘V. 1067,’ etc., up to page 305.
Page 294, line 7, for ‘buffalos’ read ‘buffaloes.’
Page 298, note, for ‘La’ read ‘la.’
Page 304, line 11, delete semicolon and insert comma.
Page 305, line 25, add side reference ‘V. 1086,’ and read subsequent side references consecutively, i.e., ‘V. 1087.’ ‘V. 1088,’ etc., up to page 356.
Page 318, note, for ‘Il’ read ‘il.’
Page 328, line 12, end, insert semicolon.
Page 348, line 15, add comma at end.
Page v, line 5, end, delete full stop and insert—
Page ix, line 10, for ‘wrath’ read ‘Wrath.’
Page 8, line 10, end, add ‘See Vol. vii, pp. 381, 422.’
Page 31, line 6, delete comma and insert semicolon.
Page 40, line 9, end, add reference number 1, and insert at bottom ‘1Cf. Vol. i, p. 386 and note.’
Page 85, note, prefix reference number 1.
Page 139, note 2, add ‘It is interesting to find the dog appearing in the Bock of Tobit in which there are Íránian elements. Cf. Vol. iii, p. 271 and Encl. Brit. 11th Ed. s.v. Tobit.’
Page 141, line 9, end, delete—
Page 143, line 6, from bottom, insert comma at end.
Page 144, line 8, delete comma and insert semicolon.
Page 150, line 8, for ‘buffalos’ read ‘buffaloes.’ §3. There appears to be a doublet here as Afrásiyáb is first said to be beyond Jaz and then at Baigand, i.e., in the neighbourhood first of the Jaxartes and then of the Oxus, but the context favours the latter position.
Page 155, line 10, delete and insert ‘He ranged the army's centre and its wings.’
Page 256, line 1, delete and insert ‘All filled with minstrelsy and harp and wine.’ bottom, delete comma and insert semicolon.
Page 259, line 7 from bottom, delete ‘Barda’, a cavern ‘and insert ‘to Barda’, one’
Page 262, note 2, Add ‘The situation of Barda’ would, however, make Lake Gokcha more appropriate. Cf. p. 259.’
Page 304, line 14, end, delete comma and insert semicolon.
Page 324, line 12 from bottom, for ‘shore’ read ‘river1,’ and at bottom add note ‘1The Euphrates.’
Page 325, line 8 after ‘city’ add reference number 1 and at bottom add note ‘1Shúráb. Cf. Vol. vii, p. 254.’
Page 339, line 1, for ‘sea’ read ‘river.’
Page 340, line 3, for ‘sea’ read ‘stream.’
Page 344, line 16, for ‘sea’ read ‘stream.’ 25, for ‘sea’ read ‘river.’ 28, for ‘sea’ read ‘stream.’ 31, for ‘sea’ read ‘stream.’
Page 346, line 18, end, add reference number 1, and at bottom add note ‘1Cf. Vol. v, p. 233 note.’
Page 14, line 2 from bottom, end, add reference number 11, and at bottom ‘11Spitáma seems to mean ‘White.’ See JZ, p. 13.’
Page 30, line 19, for ‘Girdkuh’ read ‘Girdkúh.’ line 24, add ‘It has been stated by an oriental authority that Dizh Gumbadán (‘the Domed Fort’) and Girdkúh were identical. See LEC, p. 365.’
Page 71, line 13, for ‘his’ read ‘a.’
Page 71, line 17, end, add reference number 1 and at bottom ‘1In Firdausí Núsh Ázar is the son of Asfandiyár, but in Dakíkí may of course be a brother and the one referred to above.’
Page 126, line 4, end, add reference number 1 and at bottom ‘1Cf. p. 233 note.’
Page 133, line 21, for ‘wisdon’ read ‘wisdom.’
Page 160, line 23, end, add quotation mark.’
Page 161, last line, end, insert full stop.
Page 214, line 14, end, add quotation mark.’
Page 277, line 8, insert full stop. 6 from bottom, end, insert semicolon.
Page 288, note 1, add ‘Cf. E.P. i, 256.’
Page vi, line 3, for ‘Married’ read ‘married.’
Page ix, line 14, for ‘Rúmáns’ read ‘Rúmans.’
Page 3, line 8 from bottom, delete ‘Rustam.’ 7 from bottom, for ‘Chubína’ read ‘Chúbína.’ 4 from bottom, for ‘Shirwí’ read ‘Shírwí’
Page 6, line 21, for ‘Muller’ read ‘Müller.’
Page 15, line 10, for ‘legend’ read ‘Legend.’ note 3, add ‘Cf. Vol. vii, p. 79.’
Page 17, line 1, for ‘Mukaffa’ read ‘Mukaffa’’
Page 39, line 6 from bottom, end, delete? and insert!
Page 64, line 8, for ‘Ravi’ read ‘Rávi.’
Page 81, line 2, end, insert hyphen.
Page 89, line 5, for ‘Married’ read ‘married.’
Page 98, line 14, end, insert comma.
Page 133, line 4, end, insert semicolon.
Page 135, line 12 from bottom, read ‘He must not privily devise.’ 10 from bottom, for ‘wise’ read ‘sage.’
Page 136, line 4, end, insert!
Page 137, line 7, end, insert comma.
Page 150, bottom line, end, insert comma.
Page 154, line 13 from bottom, end, insert full stop.
Page 161, line 20, end, insert reference number 1. bottom, insert note ‘1Cf. Vol. i, pp. 118, 132.’
Page 207, line 7, after ‘above’ insert ‘(p. 195).’
Page 209, line 10, end, insert reference number 2, and at bottom add note ‘2Mohl, rightly according to Nöldeke (NIN, p. 26 and note), reads ‘Sámánians’ for ‘Ashkánians.’ The former claimed descent from Bahrám Chúbína.’
Page 210, line 13 from bottom, end, delete comma.
Page 212, note, add ‘Cf. p. 201.’
Page 231, line 4 from bottom, end, insert comma.
Page 250, line 9 from bottom, for ‘Chubína’ read ‘Chúbína.’
Page 288, line 9, beginning, delete “.
Page 291, line 10 from bottom, after ‘Oh’ insert!
Page 292, line 1, end, insert comma.
Page 296, line 6 from bottom, for ‘Rúmáns’ read ‘Rúmans.’
Page 298, line 13 from bottom, for ‘Pars’ read ‘Párs.’
Page 304, bottom line, end, insert comma.
Page 312, line 3, for ‘respect’ read ‘respecteth’ and for ‘thou art’ ‘thou'rt.’
Page 316, second note, prefix 2.
Page 323, note, line 5 from bottom, end, insert comma.
Page 327, line 7, for ‘Ambar’ read ‘Ambár.’ line 8, for ‘'Abbasid’ read ‘'Abbásid.’
Page 339, note, for ‘Shammas’ read ‘Shammás.’
Page 372, line 2 from bottom, for ‘the spring of’ read ‘a lake near.’ bottom line, after ‘birth-place’ add, reference number 8, and at bottom add note ‘8The lake in question being the source of two rivers the expression ‘Spring’ used by Firdausí in connexion with it is not wholly inappropriate.’
Page 376, line 7 from bottom, for ‘great’ read ‘Great.’
Page 387, line 12 from bottom, prefix “.
Page 402, line 1, end, insert comma.
Page vii, line 4, for ‘SASÁNIAN’ read ‘SÁSÁNIAN.’
Page xi, line 13 from bottom, for ‘Feasts’ read ‘Banquets.’
Page 85, line 16 from bottom insert comma at end. 3 from bottom, for ‘Kharzarwán’ read ‘Khazarwán.’
Page 95, line 18 end delete comma and insert semicolon.
Page 106, line 15, after ‘scabbards’ insert comma.
Page 110, line 15, for ‘an as’ read ‘as an.’
Page 118, line 11 from bottom, for ‘Irán’ read ‘Írán.’
Page 155, line 9 from bottom, delete semicolon and insert comma.
Page 156, line 6, after ‘Hormisdas’ delete comma and insert ‘III.
Page 184, note, line 14 from bottom, after ‘bunch’ delete. and insert?
Page 185, bottom note, prefix 4.
Page 207, heading, for ‘KUBAD’ read ‘KUBÁD.’
Page 209, line 2, after ‘below’ insert reference number 1, and at bottom add ‘1Cf. MHP, ii, 77, RH, Bk. iii, ch. 35 and note.’ line 3 from bottom, end, delete 1 and insert 2, and before note delete 1 and insert 2.
Page 217, line 4 from bottom. Sura appears to be identical with Thapsacus of which Tiphsah (1 Kings, iv. 24) meaning probably ‘ford’ seems to have been the Hebrew form. The army of Cyrus the Younger in his expedition against his brother Artaxerxes II. (Mnemon) crossed the river there on foot. Xenophon, Anabasis, I, iv, 17.
Page 227, line 5 from bottom, after ‘crown’ insert comma.
Page 231, bottom line, delete full stop and insert comma.
Page 239 and 247, heading, read ‘NÚSHÍRWÁN.’
Page 251, line 13 from bottom, for ‘Garshasp’ read ‘Gashasp.’
Page 263, line 6 from bottom, delete comma and insert semicolon.
Page 275, bottom line, end, insert comma.
Page 300 line 11, insert comma after ‘For’ and ‘know.’
Page 331, line 4, delete ‘the’ and insert ‘from.’
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AAISHMA DAÉVA, demon, iii., 272
=Asmodeus probably, iii,
272
Ábán, genius, iii, 287, 328
'Abbás, Arab chief, attacks Hur-
muzd, viii, 93
'Abbásid, 'Abbásids, Muhamma-
dan dynasty, vi, 327
rise of, i, 13
fall of, i, 14
Abbreviations, General List of,
ix, 135
Abdaas, bishop, vi, 372
Abraham, patriarch, vi, 65
Abtín (Áptya, Áthwya), mythi-
cal Iránian hero, husband
of Farának and father of
Farídún, ix, 53, 103
legend of, i, 145
Zahhák slays, i, 151, 153
Farídún avenges, i, 170
mythological origin of, i,
171, 172, 174
Abú-'Alí Muhammad, Persian
poet, Sháhnáma of, i, 69
Abú Bakr, the first Khalífa
(A.D. 632-4), i, 12, ix, 76
begins war with Persian
Empire, ix, 66
Abú Dulaf, friend of Firdausí, i,
35
assists Firdausí, i, 35
reciter of the Sháhnáma,
i. 39
Abú'l 'Abbás Fazl bin Ahmad,
minister of Mahmúd and
perhaps a patron of Fir-
dausí, i, 30, 100, iv, 141
account of, i, 36
disgrace of, may have af-
fected Firdausí, i, 37
Abú'l Fazl, minister under the
Sámánids, father of Abú
'Alí al Bal'amí who trans-
lated Tabarí, vii. 430
patron of Rúdagí, vii, 383
Abú'l Kásim (Firdausí, q.v.), i,
24, 38, 99, 112, iv, 140,
v, 89, 119, vi, 20, 207,
viii, 28
Abú'l Kásim of Gurgán, shaikh,
iii, 191
dream of, about Firdausí, iii,
191
Abú' Muzaffar. See Nasr.
Abú Mansúr bin Abdu'r Razzák,
prince of Tús, i, 67 seq.,
vi, 16
Sháhnáma of, vi, 16
probably compiled by
Magi for, i, 69, viii, 71,
73
importance of, for Fir-
dausí, viii, 73.
Abú Mansúr bin Muhammad, son
of above (?), 139
patron of Firdausí, i, 29, 110
murdered, i, 29, 111
praise of, i, 110
advice of, to Firdausí, i,
111
Abú Raihán Muhammad. See
Albírúní.
Abú Tálib, uncle of Muhammad,
i, 12
Abú 'Ubaida, Arab general, ix, 66
supersedes Khálid in Syria,
ix. 66
Abú 'Ubaida, Arab general, ix,
67
made commander in Persian
campaign, ix, 67
slain, ix, 67
Accession of a Sháh, ceremony
at, vi, 409
Achaemenid, Achaemenids, the,
first historical Persian
dynasty, i, 64, v, 10, 281,
vi, 194, 197, 198
Achshunwar. See Akhshunwar.
'Ád, father of Shaddád, q.v.
Arab tribe, viii, 276
'Adan, seaport and territory in
southern Arabia, vi, 386
Ádar. See Ázar.
Ádarbád, son of Mahraspand,
Zoroastrian Saint, v, 16
note
ordeal of, v, 16 note
Aden. See 'Adan.
Adonis, iv, 315
Ægean sea, vi, 204
Afrásiyáb, son of Pashang, ruler
of Túrán and one of the
arch-enemies of Írán, 142-
153, i, 42, 55, 72, ii, 11, 13,
14, 16 seq., 20, 79, 81,
98 seq., 118, 127, 149, 184,
189, 242 seq., 257 seq., 283,
286, 288, 322 seq., 335, 347
seq., 360 seq., 369, 373,
380, 381, 386, 392 seq.,
401 seq., iii, 8, 12, 13, 15, 23,
26, 27, 29, 40, 42, 47, 73,
76 seq., 100, 108, 123, 134,
136, 143, 146, 152, 153,
164, 165, 176, 183, 185,
193, 200 seq., 207 seq., 211,
213, 218, 223, 228, 241,
260 seq., 268, 271, 277
seq., 285, 295, 298, 300,
320, 333, 337, 339, 346
seq., iv. 7, 8, 17, 19 seq.,
25, 29, 46, 56, 58 seq., 65,
66, 70, 75, seq., 83, 89, 93,
94, 96, 103, 108, 110, 113,
117, 128, 129, 145, 146,
150 seq., 192 seq., 235, 252,
253, 273, 287, 289, 294 v,
12, 13, 21, 44, 62, 176,
203, 208, vi, 15, 79, 177,
240 and note, vii, 330,
335, 337, 359, viii, 242,
300, 349, ix, 25, 103
one of the Zoroastrian triad
of evil, i, 59 and note
mythological origin of, i,
337
first mention of, in Sháh-
náma, i, 342
advocates war with Nau-
dar, i, 343
bidden by Pashang to in-
vade Írán, i, 343
sends Shamásás and Khaz-
arwán to invade Sístán, i,
345
marches to Dahistán, i, 346
writes to Pashang, i, 346
encourages Bármán to chal-
lenge the Íránians to
single combat, i, 347
rewards Bármán, i,348
fights with Naudar, i, 348
and seq.
encounters Káran, i. 350
victorious, i, 350, 352
beleaguers Naudar in Dah-
istán, i, 353
sends Kurúkhán to attack
Párs, i, 353
takes Naudar and other
chiefs prisoners, i, 355
hears of the death of Bár-
mán and bids Wísa pur-
sue Káran, i, 356
hears of the Turkman de-
feats, i, 362
sends for, and slays, Naudar,
i, 362
spares the other captives at
Ighríras' request, i, 363
Afrásiyáb, imprisons the cap-
tives at Sarí, i, 363
advances to Rai, i, 363
wroth with, and slays, Igh-
ríras, i, 367
fights with Zál, i, 368
Pashang's wrath with, i,
374
invades Írán, i, 374 seq.,
381
sends Kulún to intercept
Rustam, i, 382
fights with Arabs for Írán
and takes it, ii, 92
king of Túrán and Chín, ii,
99
expelled from Írán by Kai
Káús and Rustam, ii, 101
fights with the Seven
Warriors, ii., 111 seq.
nearly taken prisoner by
Rustam, ii, 14, 116, 354,
iii, 242, 250 and note
plot of, against Suhráb and
Rustam, ii, 129
gifts of, to Suhráb, ii, 130
identical with Astyages in
legend, ii, 191
referred to, ii, 322, 347, 394,
iii, 206, iv, 145, 150, 194
invades Írán, ii, 224 seq.
dream of, ii, 232, 243, 297,
iv, 170, 267
determines to sue for peace
and sends hostages, ii,
235 seq.
receives Zanga and consults
Pírán, ii, 253 seq.
sends Pírán to welcome
Siyáwush, ii, 258
plays at polo with Siyá-
wush, ii, 264
marries Farangís to Siyá-
wush, ii, 275
recalls Siyáwush, from
Gang-dizh, ii, 285
sends Garsíwaz to Siyá-
wushgird, ii, 289
deceived by Garsíwaz res-
pecting Siyáwush, ii, 296
seq.
Afrásiyáb, sends Garsíwaz to
summon Siyáwush and
Farangís to court, ii, 300
seq.
attacks, takes, and has
Siyáwush executed, ii, 314
seq.
appealed to by Farangís, ii,
317
ill-treatment of Farangís by,
ii, 320, 322
referred to, iv, 204
appeal of Pírán to, ii, 324
referred to, iv, 205
spares Farangís, ii, 325, and
her son Kai Khusrau, ii,
327
interview of, with Kai Khus-
rau, ii, 332
referred to, iv, 205
sends Surkha against the
Íránians, ii, 344
marches to avenge Sur-
kha, ii, 348
fights with Tús, ii, 353
rescue of, from Rustam by
Húmán, ii, 354
crosses the sea of Chín, ii,
356
consults Pírán about Kai
Khusrau, ii, 356
returns, ii, 362
vengeance of, on Írán, ii,
363
pursues Kai Khusrau, ii,
388 seq.
disgraces Pírán, ii, 390
turns back at the Jíhún, ii,
394
Kai Khusrau's oath to take
vengeance on, iii., 21
hears of the approach of
the Íránian host, iii,
71
bids Pírán gather troops,
iii, 71, 79
numbers the host, iii, 79
loss of kindred of, in battle,
iii, 94
rewards Pírán, iii, 106
reinforces Pírán, iii, 118
Afrásiyáb, announces to his
chiefs the defeat of his
host, iii, 242
exhorted by his host to con-
tinue the war, iii, 243, 249
makes his preparations, iii,
243, 250
sends Farghár to spy on
Rustam, iii, 250
consults with Shída, iii, 250
describes Rustam, iii, 251
receives Farghár's report,
iii, 253
consults with Pírán, iii, 253
bids Pírán continue the war,
iii, 254
sends Shída to summon
Púládwand, iii, 255
consults Púládwand, iii, 256
interferes in the fight be-
tween Rustam and Púlád-
wand, iii, 263
withdraws to Chín and
Máchín, iii, 265
goes in pursuit of Rustam
and is defeated, iii, 280
hears of the case of Bízhan
and Manízha iii, 301
consults Kurákhán, iii, 301
sends Garsíwaz to search
Manízha's palace, iii, 301
sentences Bízhan to death,
iii, 304
respites Bízhan, iii, 308
imprisons Bízhan, iii, 309
disgraces Manízha, iii, 309
escapes from Rustam, iii
348
bids Pírán prepare for war,
iii, 349
arrays the host against
Rustam, iii, 350
flees from Rustam, iii, 352
goes to Khallukh, iv, 10
addresses his nobles, iv, 10
sends Shída to Kharazm,
iv, 11.
Pírán against Írán, iv, 11
reinforcements and bids
him break off negotia-
tions with Gív, iv, 20
Afrásiyáb, receives tidings from
Pírán, iv, 77
=king of Gang, iv. 134
Kai Khusrau's great war
with, 152, iv, 135 seq.
encamped at Baigand (Kun-
duz), iv, 151
hears ill tidings of Pírán and
of the host, iv, 151
distress of, iv, 152
swears to be avenged on Kai
Khusrau, iv, 152
hears of the advance of Kai
Khusrau, iv, 153
harangues and equips his
host, iv, 153
patrols the Jíhún with boats,
iv, 153
holds a council, summons
Kurákhán, and crosses the
Jíhún, iv, 154
sends Kurákhán with half
the host to Bukhárá, iv,
154
marches to Ámwí, iv, 154
encamps in Gílán, iv, 155
arrays his host, iv, 155
takes his post at the centre,
iv, 155
gives Shída command of the
left wing, iv, 155
sends Jahn to guard Shída's
rear, iv, 155
gives a grandson command
of the right wing, iv,
156
commands to Gurdgír,
Nastúh, Ighríras, and
Garsíwaz, iv, 156
proposes to invade Nímrúz,
iv, 156
reviews the host and pre-
pares to encounter Kai
Khusrau, iv, 158
urged by Shída not to
delay the attack, iv, 159
reply of, iv, 160
wishes to meet Kai Khusrau
in single combat, iv, 161
sends Shída on an embassage
to Kai Khusrau, iv, 161
Afrásiyáb, hears of Shída's
death, iv, 176
grief of, iv, 176
commands in person against
Kai Khusrau, iv, 179
sends Jahn to the left, iv,
180
reinforced by Garsíwaz, iv,
181
forced by Garsíwaz and
Jahn to quit the field, iv,
182
returns to camp, iv, 183
abandons his camp and re-
crosses the Jíhún, iv, 184
joins forces with Kurákhán,
iv, 186
stays at Bukhárá, iv, 186
withdraws to Gang-bihisht,
iv, 187
reinforced by Kákula, iv,
188
sends troops to Chách, iv,
188
under Tawurg desertward,
iv, 188
marches to meet Kai Khus-
rau, iv, 190
commands the centre, iv, 190
hears of Kurákhán's defeat
and return, iv, 193
hears that Rustam is ad-
vancing, iv, 194
fails in attempt to surprise
Rustam and withdraws to
Gang-bihisht, iv, 194,
seq.
asks aid from the Faghfúr,
iv, 196
prepares Gang-bihisht for a
siege, iv, 197
besieged in Gang-bihisht,
iv, 198, 208 seq.
offers terms of peace to Kai
Khusrau, iv, 203
rallies his troops at the
storming of Gang-bihisht,
iv, 209
escapes, iv, 211
gets possession of the trea-
sures of Pírán, iv, 219
Afrásiyáb, arrays his host to
fight with Kai Khusrau,
iv, 220
offers Kai Khusrau peace or
single combat, iv, 221
fights a general engagement
against Kai Khusrau, iv,
223, 226
defeated and escapes by
flight, iv, 227
army, of, surrenders to Kai
Khusrau, iv, 228
takes refuge at Gang-dizh,
iv, 230
captive kindred of, sent to
Kai Káús by Kai Khus-
rau, iv, 232
Kai Káús on, iv, 237
Khusrau's inquiries concern-
ing, iv, 247
hears of Kai Khusrau's ap-
proach and quits Gang-
dizh, iv, 248
searched for by Kai Khus-
rau, iv, 248
fears of the Íránians concern-
ing, iv, 249
Kai Khusrau takes counsel
with Kai Káús about, iv,
258
wanderings and wretched
plight of, iv, 259
takes refuge in a cave near
Barda', iv, 259
lament of, overheard by
Húm, iv, 260
capture of, by Húm, iv,
261
Darmesteter on, iv, 136
pitied and unbound by Húm,
iv, 262
escapes into lake Urumiah,
iv, 262 and note
attracted by the voice of
Garsíwaz, iv, 265
holds converse with Garsí-
waz, iv, 266
recapture of, by Húm, iv,
266
slain by Kai Khusrau, iv,
268
Afrásiyáb, daughter of=Fa-
rangís, iv, 304
Khán of Chín descended
from, vii, 334
hoard of, viii, 148, 406
Africa, vi, 30
Áfrígh, king of Khárazm, ii, 190
'Afrít, genie, i, 42
Agani, Sargon I. of, v, 293
Age, old, Firdausí's lament over
his, ii, 336
Golden. See Golden.
Aghraératha (Ighríras, q.v.), iv,
137
Aghrérad (Ighríras, q.v.), i, 338
Aghríras. See Ighríras.
Agni, Vedic personification of
fire, ii, 25
Ahdnámak (Andarznámak), Pah-
laví treatise, vi, 257
Ahmad, son of Ismá' íl, Sámánid,
vii, 383
Ahmad, son of Sahl, lord of Marv,
v, 260, 261
Ahmad, Fazl son of. See Ábú'l
'Abbás Fazl.
Ahmad Hasan Maimandí, minis-
ter of Mahmúd, i, 32, 39,
45
Ahmad ibn Muhammad, patron
of Firdausí, i, 29
Ahran, Rúman chief, 154, iv,
342 seq., 353
bidden by Caesar to slay the
dragon of Mount Sakíla,
iv, 342
takes counsel with Mírín,
iv, 342
referred by Mírín to Híshwí,
iv, 344
Ahran, required by Gushtásp to
furnish him with arms, iv,
345
goes with Gushtásp and
Híshwí to Mount Sakíla,
iv, 346
Híshwí and, welcome Gush-
tásp on his return, iv,
347
gives gifts to Gushtásp, iv,
347
Ahran, has the dead dragon con-
veyed to Caesar's court,
iv, 348
marries Caesar's third
daughter, iv, 348
Mírín and, display their
accomplishment on the
riding-ground, iv, 349
Caesar's wrath with Mírín
and, iv, 351
Mírín and, send a scornful
message to Caesar, iv, 353
set to guard the baggage,
iv, 355
Áhriman, the Zoroastrian Evil
Principle, sometimes used
metaphorically, 139, i, 5, 6,
50, 134, 138, 159, 194, 205,
218, 236, 238, 241, 245,
287, 315, 360; ii, 34, 42,
43, 51, 53, 56, 78, 160,
208, 214, 217, 250, 260,
303, 315, 324, 358, 361,
374 seq., 405 seq.; iii,
17, 123, 214, 228, 251, 266,
275, 277, 287, 293, 294,
300, 303, 304, 314, 316,
318, 338; iv, 23, 41 seq.,
45, 46, 89, 103, 124, 128,
130, 162, 163, 179, 206,
243, 272, 288, 342, 348,
352; v, 17, 33, 36, 45, 50,
90, 99, 103, 122, 123, 125,
147, 177, 198, 206, 246,
271, 276; vi, 106, 112,
206, 240, 281, 290, 299,
318, 384; vii, 89, 233,
265, 271, 290, 312, 323,
334, 359, 366, 367, 369;
viii, 19, 21, 22, 86, 87, 176,
177, 198, 210, 219, 243,
293, 333, 364, 421; ix,
8, 18, 73, 74, 79, 91
envies Gaiúmart, i, 118
son of (the Black Dív), i, 119
Surúsh warns Gaiúmart
against, i, 119
ridden by Tahmúras, i, 125,
127
=Zahhák, i, 162
=Salm and Túr, i, 194
Áhriman = Afrásiyáb, i, 366
Faith of, ii, 358; vi, 281, 290
=idolater, viii, 54
=Bandwí or Gustaham,
viii, 89
=Kharrád, son of Barzín,
viii, 111
=Bahrám Chúbína, viii, 295
Ahuna Vairya, Zoroastrian
sacred formula, v, 17
Ahura Mazda (Urmuzd), the
Zoroastrian Good Prin-
ciple, i, 116, 235; ii, 25
81; iv, 137
Ahwáz, city and province
(Khúzistán, Susiana), i,
286; vi, 35, 199, 298, 357;
vii, 197, 198, 201, 214,
224; viii 400, 402
Airán-végó (Írán-vej q.v.), ii, 189
Akem Manau, Zoroastrian de-
mon, iii, 271, 272
=Akúmán=Akwán, iii 272
assails Zarduhsht v, 17
Akesines (Chináb), Indian river,
vi, 31, 64
Akhást, Túránian hero, 151;
iv, 105
chosen to fight with Zanga,
iv, 97
slain by Zanga, iv, 106
Akhshunwar (Achshunwar),
Haitálian king, vii, 160
Akki, foster-father of Sargon I
of Agani, v, 293
Aknaton, Pharaoh (XVIII
dynasty)
lover of peace like Yazda-
gird, son of Shápúr, vi, 371
'Akr Bábil, prison, viii, 194, 196
Akúmán. See Akem Manau.
Akwán, dív, 150, iii, 270 seq., 280
seq., 284, 309
Story of, iii, 271
Professor Nöldeke on the,
iii, 271
Firdausí on, iii, 273, 281
boulder of, iii, 271, 276, 309,
343, 344, 347
removed from pit's mouth
by Rustam, iii, 345
Akwán, appears in the form of
an onager, iii, 273 seq.
pursued by Rustam, iii, 275
foils Rustam, iii, 276
takes Rustam at a disad-
vantage, iii, 276
offers Rustam a choice of
deaths, iii, 277
outwitted by Rustam, iii,
277
slain by Rustam, iii, 281
described by Rustam, iii, 282
Ál, place, ix, 93
Aláns (Alani), people, now the
Ossetes of the Caucasus,
141, 167, i, 217; iv, 14,
60, 65, 301; vi, 395;
viii, 369
invade Írán, i, 19
castle of the, i, 223
taken by Káran, i, 223,
seq.
castellan of, duped by
Káran, i, 224
monarch of, vi, 395
Núshírwán's dealings with,
vii, 216, 239 seq.
King of=Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 208, 209, 213
Alár, a village in Ardshír-Khurra
q.v., vi, 205
Albírúní, Abú Raihán Muham-
mad, Oriental author and
chronologist (A.D. 973-
1048), ii, 189
account of Alfír (Gangdizh ?)
by, ii, 190
Alburz, mountain-range south of
the Caspian, also mythi-
cal range (Hara-bere-
zaiti) surrounding the
earth, 142, i, 4, 71, 145,
158, 235, 248, 250, 277,
298, 351, 373; ii, 11, 23,
27, 79, 96, 144, 336, 401;
iii, 120; iv, 136; v, 202;
vii, 177; ix, 95
Farídún taken by his mother
to, i, 152
Zál cast away, and found,
upon, i, 241 seq.
Alburz, Kai Kubád brought by
Rustam from, i, 382 seq.
Kai Káús' buildings on, ii,
81
Aleppo (Chalybon - Beroea), city
in northern Syria, vii,
218; viii, 41
Alexander I, king of Epirus
Italian expedition of, vi, 12
attributed to Alexander
the Great, vi, 12
Alexander the Great (Sikandar
q.v.), B.C. 356-323, son of
Philip II of Macedon and
his queen Olympias, 1, 14,
49; ii, 8 seq.; iv, 314;
v, 30; vi, 193, 194, 204,
252, 253, 373; vii, 383
barrier of, i, 16; vi, 78
legend of, in the Kurán,
vi, 78
persecutor of Zoroastrian-
ism, i, 15, 59, 61, 63, 338
paternity of, i, 55 and note;
vi, 16, 18
one of the Zoroastrian triad
of evil, i, 59 and note
said to have burnt the Zoro-
astrian scriptures, i, 63
Zoroastrianism under, i, 63
Era of, ii, 190
accompanied by experts to
the East, vi, 11
Romance of, origin and
growth of, vi, 12 seq.
diagram to illustrate, vi,
84
Syriac Christian Legend of,
See Syriac.
Muhammad's references to,
in the Kurán, vi, 15, 77
Persian national hero, how
he became, vi, 15
cities founded by, vi, 13,
18
name, Persian legend of his,
vi, 19
Aristotle, tutor of, vi, 29
letter to, vi, 68
correspondence about the
succession with, vi, 81
Alexander the Great, Roxana
(Rúshanak) and, vi, 30, 32
reign of, first years of, in
history and romance, vi,
30
Darius' banquet, his flight
from, vi, 30
his pursuit of, vi, 31
murderers of, his treat-
ment of them in history
and romance, vi, 32, 33
daughter of, marries, vi,
33
Fakírs and, vi, 61
Calanus and, vi, 61
Porus and, historical ac-
count of, vi, 63
camp of, his visit to, vi, 64
iron steeds, his device of, vi,
64
stature of, vi, 64
Cleophis and, vi, 65
Ammon, Oasis of, his visit
to, vi, 65
Candace (Kaidáfa) and, vi,
65 seq.
Antigonus (Naitkún), as-
sumes name of, vi, 66
Plutarch's Life of, vi, 67
Brahmans, visit of, to the,
vi, 67
Indus mistaken for the Nile
by, vi, 68
marvels of his return-jour-
ney, vi, 69
admiral of (Nearchus), vi, 69
Amazons and, vi, 12, 72
legend of, vi, 72
Gloom and Fount of Life,
legend of his expedition
to, in the Pseudo-Cal-
listhenes, vi, 74 seq.
Andreas, his cook, legend of,
vi, 76
in the Kurán, vi, 77
Will of, vi, 81
death of, vi, 82
dispute over his place of
interment, vi, 82
corpse of, taken to Memphis,
vi, 82
Alexander, the Great, interred at
Alexandria, vi, 82
tomb of, vi, 82
Mas'údí on, vi, 82
S. Chrysostom on, vi, 82
wars on the death of, vi,
197
Alexander, son of Alexander the
Great and Cleophis (?), vi,
65
Alexandria (Iskandaríya q.v.),
city and sea-port in
Egypt, vi, 13, 15, 17, 83
founded by Alexander the
Great, vi, 13
Pseudo-Callisthenes orig-
inated at, vi, 13
Alexander, the Great, buried
at, vi, 82
his tomb at, vi, 82
Mas'údí on, vi, 82
S. Chrysostom on, vi, 82
Alfír (Gangdizh ?), palace-fort-
tress of the capital of
Khárazm, ii, 190
Al Hadr. See Hatra.
'Alí, husband of Fátima, daugh-
ter of Muhammad, and
fourth Khalífa (A.D. 656
—661)
Muhammad on, i, 12, 106
cult of, i, 13
known as “the Lion,” i, 13,
107
assassination of, i, 13
Firdausí's references to, i,
24, 37, 40, 41, 106, 107;
ii, 337 and note
'Alí, the Dílamite, friend and
helper of Firdausí, i, 35;
ix, 121
transcriber of the Sháh-
náma, i, 39
Alif, terminal, Firdausí's use of,
iii, 283
Al Iskandarús. See Halai.
Al Khidr (Khisr q.v.), the Green
Prophet, vi, 78 and note
Alkús, Túránian hero, ii, 114
Alkús, fights with, and worsts,
Zawára, ii, 115
slain by Rustam, ii, 115
Allah, Muhammadan name of
the Deity, i, 50
Al Mansúr, 'Abbásid Khalífa
(A.D. 754-775), founder of
Baghdád, vi, 254
Almás, river, iii, 251
Alp-Arselan (Arslán), Seljúk Sul-
tán (A.D. 1063-1073), ii,
219 note
Alptigín, founder of the Ghazni-
vid dynasty, i, 20
Altúníya, place, ix, 92
Alwá, Rustam's spear-bearer,
slain by Kámús, 149,
iii, 188
Alwá, Íránian hero, probably
identical with the above,
v, 166
slain by Núsh Ázar, v,
226
Amasis, viii, 193
Amazons, their disputed visit to
Alexander, the Great, vi,
12, 72
origin of, vi, 71
described, vi, 153 seq.
Sikandar's correspondence
with, and visit to, vi, 153
seq.
Ambár (Anbár, Pírúz - Shápúr),
city on the left bank of
the Euphrates some forty
miles west of Baghdád,
founded by Shápúr son of
Urmuzd (Sapor II.) The
word means “ granaries,”
vi, 327; viii, 188
foundation of, attributed to
the Azdites, i, 11
Ambassadors, instances of kings
and chiefs going in person
as ambassadors or spies,
vi, 325
Ambúh, place, iii, 41
Amen-Ra, Egyptian god per-
sonated by Nectanebus,
vi, 16
Ameshapentas, the, personifica-
tions of good qualities in
Zoroastrian theology, iii,
271; v. 15 seq.
Amida (Diyárbakr), city on the
upper Tigris, vii, 187
Amín, 'Abbásid Khalífa, (A.D.
809-813), i, 14
Ammianus Marcellinus (4th cen-
tury A.D.) Roman histor-
ian, v, 13
Ammon, Oasis of, Alexander the
Great's visit to, vi, 30, 65
'Ammúriya, Rúman stronghold
in Asia Minor between
Sívrí Hisár and Ak-Shahr
probably representing the
ancient Amorium but
sometimes confounded
with Angora (Angúriya)
the ancient Ancyra fur-
ther to the north-east, vi,
23 note, 89, viii, 46 (Cf.
LEC. pp. 134, 153)
Failakús marches from,
against Dáráb, vi, 23
Amorium. See 'Ammúriya.
Amr, Arab chief, attacks Hur-
muzd, viii, 93
Ámul, city in Mázandarán, i, 145,
177, 289, 298, 344, 366,
367; ii, 18, 104; v, 284;
vii, 89, 237; viii, 355,
356, 358, 392; ix, 86
Ámul. See Ámwí.
Amulet, of Kai Khusrau, iv, 133
given by Zarduhsht to As-
fandiyár, v, 130
Ámwí (Ámul, Amúyah, now
Charjúi), city on the left
bank of the Oxus where
crossed by the route from
Marv to Bukhárá, iv, 11,
65, 154, 184, 206; vii,
91 and note, 331, 357, 359;
viii, 354
Ánábdéh, vi, 32
Anæsthetics, employment of, i,
236, 321 seq.
Anbár. See Ambár.
Ancyra. See Ammúriya.
Andalús (Land of the West or of
the Vandals), Spain, 159,
vi, 66, 122, 138
queen of (Kaidáfa q.v.), vi,
121 seq.
Andamán, Íránian noble, viii,
202
Andaráb, town in Afghánistán
between Balkh and Kábul,
iv, 65
Andarímán, Túránian hero, 151,
ii, 264; iv, 26; v, 29
fights with Gustaham, iv, 87
steed of, slain by Hajír, iv,
87
rescued by the Turkmans,
iv, 87
chosen to fight with Gurgín,
iv, 97
slain by Gurgín, iv, 104
Andarímán (Vandaremaini),
brother of Arjásp, v, 12,
141, 155
commands one wing of the
host, v, 46
executed by Asfandiyár, v,
158
Andarznámak (Ahdnámak),
Pahlaví treatise, vi, 257
Andív, country, viii, 313
Andiyán, Íránian warrior, 172
viii, 225, 257, 259, 269, 293,
294, 296
deceived by Caesar's talis-
man, viii, 273
Bahrám Chúbína writes to,
viii, 285
receives Kirmán, viii, 313
Andreanticus, sea, vi, 77
Andreas, Alexander the Great's
cook,
legend of, vi, 76 seq.
in Kurán, vi, 77
Androphagoi, the, iii, 191
Anestres Castri=Núshírwán, vii,
383
Angora. See 'Ammúriya.
Angra Mainyu=Áhriman, ii, 28
Animals, domestication of, i, 126
Ant, the, Firdausí's plea for, i,
201 and note
Antákiya (Antioch), city in
Syria on the Orontes, 167,
viii, 41
taken by Núshírwán, vii,
218, 258 seq.
Antigonus (Naitkún), name as-
sumed by Alexander the
Great in legend, vi,
66
Antioch. See Antákiya.
New, vii, 218, 259
Antiochus, Macedonian general,
vi, 76
Antiochus Sidetes, ii, 80, 81
Aogemaide, Pahlaví treatise, iv,
136
Antipater, regent in Macedonia
for Alexander the Great,
intrigued against by
Olympias, vi, 82
Aphrodite, goddess, iv, 315
Apollo, god, and the Python,
vi, 203
Apologues, i, 242, 265, 285;
iii, 332; iv, 18, 21, 28,
47; vi, 310; ix, 86
Apothegms, i, 259, 260; 11, 157,
158, 170, 224, 254, 273,
298, 300, 313, 315, 330,
357, 383; iii, 53, 91, 96,
167, 188, 212, 260, 277,
301, 316, 341, 348, 350,
351; iv, 13, 32, 33, 38,
39, 59, 93, 108, 121, 131,
268; v, 78, 105, 168, 214,
242, 249, 250, 265; vi,
50, 303, 343; vii, 17, 18,
20, 42, 270, 277, 296, 301,
403; viii, 119, 166, 206,
215, 221, 235, 295; ix,
87, 88, 110
Apprentice, a merchant's, enter-
tains, and finds favour
with, Bahrám Gúr, vii,
40 seq.
Apries (Pharoah-Hophra, B.C.
589-570), vi, 16
Apsheron, peninsula on the
western shore of the Cas-
pian, i, 58, note
Áptya. See Abtín.
Arab, Arabs, 162, 163, ii, 79, 81,
99; iii, 14; iv, 14; v,
31; vi, 66, 171, 209, 254,
321 seq., 377, 385, 396,
398, 402, 406; vii, 10,
107, 201, 219, 244, 245,
247; viii, 67, 94, 188, 190,
191, 208, 230, 241, 250,
251; ix, 3, 5, 25, 60, 69,
70, 72, 75 seq., 79, 89, 92,
94 seq., 114, 117
migration of, northward, i,
11
raids of, into Persian terri-
tory, i, 12; vi, 17, 21,
322
domination of, over Írán, i,
12 seq.
king=Mardás, i, 135
=Zahhák, i, 139, 275
rebellion of, against Kai
Káús, ii, 83
Afrásiyáb fights with, for
Írán, ii, 92
Dáráb demands tribute from
vi, 22
steed, i, 243, 251, 290; vi,
380; viii, 126, 302; ix, 11
cymbal, vi, 244
invasion of, viii, 72, 93; ix,
3, 65 seq.
withdraw, viii, 96
sage, sages, vii, 406
quoted, vii, 277
tribes, ix, 65
triumph of, over Dhú Kár,
ix, 66
chieftain, incites Abú Bakr
to invade Persia, ix, 66
concentrate at Kádisíya, ix,
67
booty found by, at Ctesi-
phon (?), ix, 68
annex Mesopotamia, ix, 68
Khúzistán, ix, 68
='Umar, ix, 72
seal, ix, 82
=Sa'ad, ix, 84
defeated, ix, 85
Núshírwán's dream of, viii,
66 seq., ix, 92
Arabia, ii, 100; vi, 70, 72, 206,
322, 355; viii, 24 note
trade of, ancient, i, 11
Írán and, the portion of
Íraj, i, 189
Shápúr son of Urmuzd's
expedition to, vi, 322
Arabian, Arabians, vi, 378, 388,
ix, 74, 85
Faith, vi, 95
Nights, i, 51; vi, 71, 78, 250;
vii, 317
provenance of, vi, 250;
vii, 3
quoted, vi, 73
Arabic, language, i, 32; vi,
147, 205; viii, 73; ix,
81
infrequent in Sháhnáma, i,
47
versions of Pahlaví texts, vi,
255 seq.
Fables of Bidpai (Kalíla and
Dimna) translated into,
vii, 382, 430
Tabarí. See Tabarí.
Arachosia, the district about
Kandahar, vi, 32
Aragán (Rámkubád), town, vii,
188
Aral Sea, i, 57 note; iii, 10
Arar tree, vi, 19
Aras (Araxes), river in Ázar-
báiján, v, 13, 14
confused with the Oxus, i,
71, 370
Árash, king of the Khúzians
q.v., iv, 146, 148
Árash, son of Kai Kubád. See
Kai Árash.
Árash, Ashkánian king, vi, 197,
210
Árash, Íránian chief, vi, 394
Arash, city. See Hulwán.
Arastálís (Aristotle q.v.), 160,
vi, 35
counsels Sikandar, vi, 179
sentences of, over the coffin
of Sikandar, vi, 185
Árásti, uncle of Zarduhsht (Zor-
oaster), v, 17
Araxes (Aras q.v.), battle of, viii,
76
Árayish-i-Rúm (Hierapolis), city
in northern Syria, west
of the Euphrates and
north of Aleppo, vii, 217,
218, 254; viii, 188
taken by Núshírwán, vii,
255
Arba, river, viii, 194, 195
Archer, iv, 179
constellation, v, 86
Archery, i, 263, 297, 312, 359;
ii, 163, 266, 293, 328;
iii, 53 seq., 74, 93, 98 seq.,
179 seq., 246; iv, 38, 48,
99, 101, 102, 104, 107, 122,
179, 338; v, 111, 122,
229, 239 seq., 272; vi,
379, 383 seq.; vii, 54,
55, 80, 118, 122, 125
Archimages, 141, 168, 170, 176
Architect, Rúman, and Khusrau
Parwíz, viii, 401 seq.
Architecture, invention of, i,
129, 133
Archscribe, 171. See Ízid Gas-
hasp and Mihrán.
Ard, day, i, 88, q.v., ii, 287; iv,
252; vi, 298, 390 and
note; vii, 112; ix, 70,
122
Sháhnáma finished on the
day of, i, 24
Ardabíl (Bádán - Pírúz q.v.), city
in Ázarbáiján, ii, 336, 405,
iv, 147, 188; vii, 89, 163,
224; viii, 93, 99, 100,
184, 226
Ardawán, Bahrám, Artabanus
III or IV, the last Ash-
kánian (Parthian) king,
160, 161, vi, 3, 205, 214
seq., 254 seq., viii, 214, 285
Macrinus, his war and treaty
with, i, 81
effect of, on Persian coin-
age, i, 81
=Bahrám, vi, 197, 210
status of, in Persian tradi-
tion, vi, 201
Ardawán, daughter of 161, vi,
202
marries Ardshír Pápakán,
vi, 202, 229
incited by her brother
Bahman to poison Ard-
shír Pápakán, vi, 259
condemned to death, vi,
260
saved by Ardshír Pápa-
kán's minister, vi, 260
gives birth to Shápúr, vi,
261
restored to favour, vi,
265
writes to Pápak, vi, 214
summons Ardshír Pápakán
to court, vi, 214
receives gifts from Ardshír
Pápakán, vi, 215
highly esteems Ardshír
Pápakán, vi, 215
sons of, vi, 215, 255, 267
note
their fate, vi, 228, 229 and
note, 259
disgraces Ardshír Pápakán,
vi, 216
Ardshír Pápakán intrigues
with slave-girl of, 160, vi,
201, 217 seq.
eldest son of, made ruler of
Párs, vi, 218 and note
consults the astrologers, vi,
218
Ardshír Pápakán, vainly
pursued by, vi, 221 seq.
returns to Rai, vi, 223
writes to his son about
Ardshír Pápakán, vi, 223
Ardshír Pápakán marches
against, vi, 227
prepares to encounter Ard-
shír Pápakán, vi, 227
defeated, captured by Khar-
rád, and slain by Ardshír
Pápakán, vi, 228
buried by Tabák, vi, 229
palace of, at Rai spared (?)
by Ardshír Pápakán, vi,
229 and note
Ardawán, secretary of, slain by
Shápúr, vi, 256
= Mihrak = Mithrak =
Mádik (?), vi, 256
Ardíbihisht, ameshaspenta q.v.,
iii, 286, 328
month, i, 82; v, 16, 39,
92 note
Ardshír, son of Bízhan,
goes with Zarír to Rúm, iv,
360
hails Gushtásp as Sháh, iv,
362
Ardshír, son of Gushtásp, 155, v,
26, 51
death of, foretold by Jám-
ásp, v, 49
slain, v, 57
Ardshír, Íránian hero, perhaps
the son of Bízhan, supra
tells Nastúr where to find
Zarír, v, 67
takes Farámarz prisoner, v,
288
Ardshír (Bahman q.v.), Sháh, vi,
213, 271 and note
meaning of, v, 259 and note
Ardshír (Artaxerxes II), brother
of Shápúr, Sásánian Sháh,
163, vi, 3, 328
Shápúr arranges for the suc-
cession with, vi, 360 seq.
title of, vi, 364
abdïcation of, vi, 364
Ardshír, high priest temp.,
Pírúz, vii, 179 seq.
released by Khúshnawáz,
vii, 180
Ardshír, high priest temp.
Núshírwán, vii, 304, 333,
337, 342
discourse of, vii, 305
questions Búzurjmihr, vii,
308
Ardshír Khurra (Khurra-i-Ard-
shír), city, (Gúr or Júr,
now Fírúzábád), and dis-
trict in Párs, vi, 199, 205,
206, 229 and note, 231,
241, 245; vii, 206; viii,
251, 252, 412 and note
Ardshír Khurra, city, Ardshír
Pápakán builds a Fire-
temple in, vi, 230
makes irrigation-works in,
vi, 230
meaning of, vi, 290 note
Ardshír Pápakán (Artaxerxes I),
Sháh and founder of the
Sásánian dynasty, 160,
161; i, 42; ii, 10; v, 10;
vi, 193, 209 note, 213 seq.,
294 seq., 303, 307, 315,
322, 325, 405; vii, 79,
185, 212; viii, 191, 214,
222, 265, 270, 285, 392,
393; ix, 105, 109, 111
Notes on, vi, 193 seq., 254
seq.
founds a new national
dynasty, restores Zoroas-
trianism, and collects its
scriptures, i, 62 seq.
genealogical table of his
descendants, vi, 3
rise of, compared to that of
Cyrus the Great, vi, 194
Tabarí's account of, vi, 198
legend of Cyrus the Great
transferred to, vi, 195
birth of, vi, 213
summoned to court by Arda-
wán, vi, 214
equipped by Pápak, vi, 214
presents gifts to Ardawán,
vi, 215
Ardawán favours, vi, 215
prowess of, in the chase, vi,
215
disgraced, vi, 216
writes to Pápak, vi, 216
advised by Pápak, vi, 216
intrigues with Gulnár, vi,
217 seq.
hears from Gulnár of the
presage of the astrologers,
vi, 219
flees with Gulnár to Párs,
vi, 220 seq.
followed by the divine Grace
in the form of a mountain-
sheep, i, 374; vi, 221 seq.
Ardshír Pápakán, adherents flock
to, vi, 223
addresses his supporters, vi,
224
founds a city, vi, 202, 224
receives promises of help,
vi, 224
joined by Tabák, vi, 225
Tabák and, defeat Bah-
man, son of Ardawán, vi,
226
marches from Párs against
Ardawán, vi, 227
defeats and slays Ardawán,
vi, 228
as recorded in Kárnámak,
vi, 202
gives the spoil to the troops,
vi, 229
spares (?) Ardawán's palace
at Rai, vi, 229 and note
Tabák counsels, vi, 229
marriage of, with Ardawán's
daughter, vi, 202, 229, 259
returns to Párs, vi, 229
builds Khurra-i-Ardshír, vi,
229 and note
irrigation-works of, at
Khurra-i-Ardshír, vi, 230
war of, with the Kurds, vi,
196, 230 seq.
and Haftwád,vi, 236 seq.
message sent by arrow to,
vi, 238
worsted by Haftwád and
entertained and coun-
selled by two youths, vi,
239 seq.
slays Mihrak, vi, 241
marches to attack the Worm
vi, 241
gives instructions to Shahr-
gír, vi, 241
stratagem of, against the
Worm, vi, 242
slays the Worm and its
attendants, vi, 244
summons Shahrgír, vi, 244
and note
takes Haftwád's stronghold,
vi, 244
Ardshír Pápakán, defeats and
slays Haftwád and Sháh-
wí, vi, 245
carries off the spoil, vi, 245
builds a Fire-temple, vi, 245
rewards the two youths, vi,
245
invasion of Kirmán by, vi,
205, 245
goes to Taisafún, vi, 245
principles of government of,
vi, 250, 273 seq., 286 seq.
Reign of, 161, vi, 254 seq.
Note on, vi, 254
length of, vi, 254
Tabarí on, vi, 254
coins of, vi, 256, 257, 265
Shápúr crowned by, vi, 257
cities of, vi, 257
prophecy of, vi, 257
enthroned at Baghdád, vi,
258
title of King of kings of, vi,
193, 199, 254, 258, 273
inaugural address of, vi, 258
daughter of Ardawán and,
stories of, vi, 255
plot of, with her brother
Bahman, to poison, vi,
259
discovers plot against him,
vi, 260
consults his minister, vi, 260
condemns the daughter of
Ardawán to death, vi, 260
minister of, saves daughter
of Ardawán and mutilates
himself, vi, 196, 261
Shápúr, son of, born, vi, 261
hears about Shápúr from his
minister, vi, 262
recognises and acknow-
ledges Shápúr, vi, 264
restores the daughter of
Ardawán to favour, vi, 265
rewards his minister, vi, 265
makes a new coinage in
honour of his minister, vi,
256, 265
builds Jund-i-Shápúr, vi,
266
Ardshír Pápakán, harassed by
wars, consults Kaid, vi,
266
wroth at Kaid's advice, vi,
267
seeks in vain for the daugh-
ter of Mihrak, vi, 268
referred to, vi, 270
discovers Urmuzd, vi, 271
counsels Urmuzd, vi, 280
calls and counsels Shápúr,
vi, 286 seq.
Church and State, his views
on, vi, 250 seq., 286
duration of his dynasty, vi,
252, 257, 289
death of, vi, 291
Balúchistán, his failure to
conquer, vii, 242
Nard, invention of, attri-
buted to, vii, 382
True Cross in treasury of,
viii, 380
Ardshír, son of Shirwí, Sháh,
175, ix, 43 seq.
makes Pírúz general, ix, 44
entertains Pírúz at feast, ix,
48
death of, ix, 49
treasury of, squandered by
Guráz, ix, 53
Aregat-aspa. See Arjásp.
Aries, constellation, i, 88, 118,
310, 335; iii, 26, 38, 187,
318; iv, 24, 147, 158, 180;
v, 39, 109, 118, 119, 126;
viii, 342, 394
Ariobarzanes, the murderer of
Darius Codomanus, vi, 32
Ariobarzanes, satrap, vi, 32 and
note
Árish, legendary Íránian archer,
v, 62; vii, 234 and note;
viii, 75, 219 and note; ix,
25
Aristobulus, Greek writer, temp.
Alexander the Great, vi,
12
Aristotle (Arastálís q.v.), Greek
philosopher (B.C. 384-
322)
Aristotle, Alexander the Great's
tutor, vi, 29
letter to, vi, 68
correspondence with,
about the succession, vi,
81, 83
silk-worm, his account of,
vi, 204
Arjásp, Túránian hero, ii, 264;
iv, 26
Arjásp (Aregat-aspa), king of
Túrán, 155, 156, i, 61;
ii, 9, 29; iii, 109; v, 9,
11 seq., 20, 22, 24 seq., 29,
31, 51 seq., 89, 98, 99, 107
seq., 116, 141, 142, 159,
167, 171, 172, 180, 206;
vii, 330, 335, 337, 359;
viii, 95, 104, 148; ix, 104
hoard of, viii, 148
in receipt of tribute from
Gushtásp, v, 32
hears of Gushtásp's resolve
not to pay tribute, sum-
mons, and harangues his
priests, v, 36
sends Bídirafsh and Nám-
khást to Gushtásp, v, 37,
40
receives Gushtásp's answer
and calls out the host, v,
45
gives one wing to Kuhram,
v, 46
the other to Andarímán,
v, 46
the chief command to
Gurgsár, v, 46
banner to Bídirafsh, v, 46
vanguard to Khashásh, v,
46
rear to Húshdív, v, 46
marches against Írán, v, 46
defeat of, foretold by Jám-
ásp, v, 52
gives one wing to Bídirafsh,
v, 55
the other to Gurgsár, v,
56
centre to Námkhást, v, 56
takes the rear himself, v, 56
Arjásp, gives Kuhram the com-
mand in chief, v, 56
thrice offers rewards to any
that will fight Zarír, v, 61,
62
offer of, accepted by Bídi-
rafsh, v, 62
calls for Bídirafsh to fight
Nastúr, v, 69
fights with the Íránians, v,
71
defeat of, v, 72
proclaimed by Gushtásp,
v, 75
hears of Asfandiyár's im-
prisonment and of Gush-
tásp's absence in Sístán,
v, 86
Summons his chiefs, v, 86
sends Sitúh as spy to Írán,
v, 86
on receiving Sitúh's report
calls out the host, v, 87
sends Kuhram to attack
Balkh, v, 90
marches against Gushtásp,
v, 94
commands the centre, v,
95
defeats Gushtásp and be-
leaguers him on a moun-
tain, v, 96
Asfandiyár's vow of, and
prayer for, vengeance on,
v, 103, 104
hears of Asfandiyár's arrival,
v. 108
proposes to retreat, v, 108
sends away the spoil of
Balkh, v, 108
five sons of, v, 108
persuaded by Gurgsár to re-
main and fight, v, 108, 109
makes Gurgsár leader of the
host, v, 109
arrays the host, v, 109
commands the centre, v, 109
surveys the battlefield from
a height, v, 110
prepares for flight if needful,
v, 110
Arjásp, dismayed at Asfandi-
yár's prowess, reproaches
Gurgsár v, 111
hears of Gurgsár's capture
and flees, v, 112
entertains Asfandiyár dis-
guised as a merchant, v,
145
questions Asfandiyár, v, 146
allows Asfandiyár to enter-
tain the Turkman chiefs,
v, 149
prepares to attack Bishútan,
v, 151
bids Kuhram prepare for
war, v, 151
sends out Turkhán with
troops to reconnoitre, v,
151
hears from Kuhram that As-
fandiyár has come, v, 152
bids the Turkmans march
out in force, v, 152
palace of, attacked by As-
fandiyár, v, 153
arms and encounters As-
fandiyár, v, 153, 154
beheaded by Asfandiyár, v,
154
palace of, fired and his wo-
men carried off by Asfan-
diyár, v, 154, 162,
head of, thrown from the
ramparts of the Brazen
Hold, v, 157
sons of, grieve for, v, 157
Asfandiyár takes the trea-
sure of, v, 161
Khán of Chín descended
from, vii, 334
Arjuna, one of the five Pán-
davas (Indian mythology)
iv, 138, 139
Ark, 158
Arman, Armenia or district in
Ázarbáiján, vii, 263
Armaní, Íránian chief, ix, 74
Armenia (Arman, Irmán q.v.),
country, iii, 12; vi, 202,
203; vii, 153, 224; viii,
93, 96, 184, 193, 202, 377
Armenia, Roman, vii, 187
Armenian, Armenians (Irmán-
ians), iii, 286; viii, 188,
189, 195, 226, 248, 282
version of the Pseudo-Cal-
listhenes, vi, 14
—like, viii; 254
=Mausíl, viii, 293 and note
Armín, son of Kai Kubád. See
Kai Armín.
Arnawáz, sister of Jamshíd, wife
of Zahhák and Farídún,
and mother of Íraj, i, 142
married to Zahhák, i, 146
seq.
counsels Zahhák as to his
dream, i, 148
Farídún meets, i, 162
Zahhák tries to kill, i, 167
son of, by Farídún, i, 177
Arnold, Mathew, his “Sohrab
and Rustum,” ii, 118
Arrán, the modern Karabagh,
the region between the
Kur and Aras rivers, i, 9
Arrian, Greek historian (A.D.
96-180), vi, 31, 68
Anabasis of, vi, 12
Indica of, vi, 12
Caspian Gates of, vi, 32
on the stature of Porus, vi,
64
Ichthyophagi, vi, 69 seq.
Alexander and the
Amazons, vi, 72
death of Alexander, vi, 82
Arrow-shots, three famous, viii,
75
Bahrám Chúbína's, viii, 126
Arsaces, name of the founder and
other kings of the Parth-
ian (Ashkánian) dynasty,
vi, 197
Arsacid, Arsacids, dynastic title
of the above, iii, 9; vi,
205, 255; vii, 156, 185,
212
imperial system of, vi, 198
some of, escape from Ard-
shír Pápakán to Armenia,
vi, 203
Arsacid, rivalry of, with Sásá-
nians, viii, 73
Arsalás, murderer of Darius
Codomanus, vi, 32
Arses, Sháh (B.C. 338-336) vi, 29
Arslán Jázib, one of Mahmúd's
generals, i, 100
referred to, i, 114
Artabanus III (II according to
some reckonings), Parth-
ian king (A.D. 10-40), iii,
9, 10
Artabanus, son of above, iii, 9
Artabanus, Persian captain of
the guard temp. Xerxes,
v, 282
Rustam and, v, 282
Artabanus III or IV (Ardawán
q.v.), vi, 201
Artang, the house of the heresi-
arch Mání, ii, 19 and note;
vii, 355 and note; viii,
172 and note, 362 and note
Artaxerxes Longimanus, Sháh,
v, 281, 282
Bahman and, v, 282
Artaxerxes Mnemon, Sháh, i, 59
Artaxerxes Ochus, Sháh (B.C.
359-338), vi, 18 note, 29
Nectanebus II conquered
by vi, 29
murdered, vi, 29
Artaxerxes I, Sásánian Sháh.
See Ardshír Pápakán.
Artaxerxes II (Ardshír brother
of Shápúr), Sásánian
Sháh, vi, 363
Arts, invention of the. See
Gaiúmart, Húshang,
Tahmúras, and Jamshíd.
Arús, treasure, viii, 406 and
note, ix, 20
Arwand (Dijla, Tigris), ii, 392,
404; vi, 329; viii, 90;
ix, 85, 92
Farídún's crossing of the, i,
160
Arzhang, a dív and commander
of the troops of Mázan-
darán, 143; ii, 43, 44, 56
seq., 63, 64; v, 203
Arzhang, put in charge of Kai
Káús and his troops when
taken prisoners, ii, 41
slain by Rustam, ii, 57
Arzhang, dungeon of, iii, 309
Arzhang, Túránian hero, 148,
iii, 76, 77
challenges the Íránians, iii,
119
slain, iii, 120
Arzhang, Máni the heresiarch's
house. See Artang.
Aryan, Aryans, race, iii, 10 and
note, iv, 137
race, i, 7
early seats of, i, 7
meaning of, i, 7
organization of, i, 7
primitive religion of, i, 7
belief in magic of, i, 8
division of, i, 8
India and Írán conquered
by, i, 8
Indian, their relations with
the Íránians, i, 15
Árzú, daughter of Sarv and wife
of Salm, i, 188 and note
referred to, i, 178 seq.
Árzú, daughter of Máhiyár the
jeweller, vii, 59, 61
referred to, vii, 55, 56, 58
sings to Bahrám Gúr, vii, 60
Bahrám Gúr woos and weds,
vii, 61 seq.
meaning of, vii, 65 note
Ascalon, city in Palestine, v, 292
Asclepias acida, plant. See
Homa.
Asfandiyár (Spento-data, Span-
dát), mythical Íránian
hero, son of Sháh Gush-
tásp, and the rival in
legend of Rustam, 155-
157, i, 42, 55; ii, 29; v,
9, 10, 12, 24 seq., 29, 30,
41 seq., 45, 49, 69 seq.,
90 seq., 258, 259, 261,
279, 281 seq., 289, 290,
293; vi, 15, 49, 55,
200, 213, 224, 242, 251,
271; viii, 95, 104 and
note, 171, 270, 332, 395
note; ix, 25, 26 note, 104
invulnerability of, v, 19
sisters of, 156, v, 20, 22
carried off by the Turk-
mans, v, 93, 100, 171
rescued by, v, 153, 162
lament over, v, 252 seq.
marriage of, with Humái,
v, 22, 77
ignored by Firdausí, v, 22
birth of, v, 32
answers, in conjunction with
Zarír and Jámásp, Ar-
jásp's letter, v, 42
triumph of, over Arjásp
foretold by Jámásp, v, 52
given command of one wing,
v, 55
addresses his five brothers,
v, 65
hears his father's offer of
the crown and throne to
the avenger of Zarír, v, 66
slays Bídirafsh, v, 70
presents the head of Bídira-
fsh and the steed of Zarír
to Gushtásp, v, 71
divides the host, v, 71
attacks, with Nastúr and
Núsh Ázar, the Turkmans,
v, 71
grants quarter to the Turk-
mans, v, 72
made chief ruler of Írán
under Gushtásp and sent
by him to convert the
world, v, 76
rests from his labours, v, 77
makes Farshídward gover-
nor of Khurásán, v, 77
reports the success of his
administration to Gush-
tásp, v, 77
slandered by Gurazm, v, 78
recalled to court, v, 80 seq.
sons of, 157, v, 80, 81
resigns his host to Bahman,
v, 82
arraigned by Gushtásp, v, 83
Asfandiyár, put in bonds, v.
84
sent to Gumbadán, v, 84
solaced by Bahman and
others, v, 85
Jámásp advises Gushtásp
to release, v, 97
hears of arrival of Jámásp,
v, 98, 99
parley of, with Jámásp, v,
99 seq.
eight and thirty brothers
of, v, 101, 103, 111, 160
bids Jámásp send for black-
smiths, v, 101
breaks his bonds himself, v,
102, 206
calls for his steed and arms,
v, 102
sets off with Jámásp, Bah-
man, and Núsh Ázar, v,
103
vow of, v, 103
laments over Farshídward,
v, 104
prays that he may avenge
Farshídward on Arjásp, v,
104
shrouds Farshídward, v, 105
sees and addresses the corpse
of Gurazm, v, 105
passes the Turkman trenches
and defeats the outposts,
v, 106
interview of, with Gush-
tásp, v, 106
receives the promise of the
crown and undertakes to
deliver Gushtásp, v, 107
arrays and leads the host,
v, 109
attacks the Turkmans, v,
110
defeats Kuhram, v, 110
takes Gurgsár prisoner, v.
111
defeats Arjásp, v, 112, 206
grants quarter to the Turk-
mans, v, 113
distributes the spoil, v,
114
Asfandiyár, undertakes to rescue
his sisters from the Turk-
mans, v, 115
prepares to invade Túrán,
v, 115
Seven Stages (Haft Khwán)
of, ii, 29; v, 27, 118, 119,
121, 135, 162; viii, 171
Story of, 156, v, 116 seq.
compared with Rustam's,
v, 117
rivalry in legend between
Rustam and, v, 116
quits Balkh and goes, with
Gurgsár as guide, to
Túrán, v, 120
offers the kingdom of the
Turkmans to Gurgsár in
return for faithful service,
v, 120
questions Gurgsár, v, 120
seq., 124, 125, 128, 131,
134, 139, 141
during his adventures in
the Seven Stages, leaves
Bishútan in command, v,
122, 124, 126, 129, 132
note, 144
praised by bishútan and the
host, v, 123, 125, 131, 133
scythed chariot made by,
v, 126
revived by Bishútan after
encountering the dragon,
v, 127
song of, v, 129
amulet given to, by Zar-
duhsht, v, 130
encourages the Íránians to
persevere, v, 136
prays for deliverance from
the snow, v, 138
leaves the baggage behind,
v, 138
reproaches Gurgsár for giv-
ing false information, v,
139, 140
offers to make Gurgsár
captain of the Brazen
Hold if he will be a trusty
guide, v, 140
Asfandiyár, guided by Gurgsár
crosses ford with host,
v, 140
cursed by Gurgsár, v, 141
slays Gurgsár, v, 141
surveys the Brazen Hold, v,
142
captures, questions, and
slays two Turkmans, v,
142
Bishútan and, consult, v,
143
stratagem of, to take the
Brazen Hold, v, 116, 143
disguised as a merchant,
interviews Arjásp, v, 145
assumes the name of Khar-
rád, v, 146
questioned by Arjásp, v, 146
trades as a merchant in the
Brazen Hold, v, 147
meets his sisters, v, 147
gives a banquet to the Turk-
man chiefs, v, 149
surprises the Brazen Hold,
v, 152 seq.
provides for his sisters'
safety, v, 153
attacks the palace of Arjásp,
v, 153
encounters Arjásp, v, 154
beheads Arjásp, v, 154
fires Arjásp's palace, v, 154
carries off the women, v,
154
quits the Brazen Hold and
leaves Sáwa in charge, v,
154
joins Bishútan, v, 155
pursues Kuhram to the
Brazen Hold, v, 156
encounters and takes Kuh-
ram prisoner, v, 157
grants no quarter to the
Turkmans, v, 158
puts to death Andarímán
and Kuhram, v, 158
announces his victory to
Gushtásp, v, 159
disposes of the spoil, v,
161
Asfandiyár, carries off his sisters,
the womenfolk of Arjásp,
and others from the
Brazen Hold, v, 162
sets fire to, and dismantles,
the Brazen Hold, v, 162
sends his sons homeward by
different routes, v, 162
returns himself by the Seven
Stages, v, 162
picks up his left baggage,
v, 162
hunts while waiting for his
sons, v, 162
rejoined by his sons, v, 163
welcome of, on his return
to Írán, v, 163
banquets with Gushtásp, v,
164
fight of, with Rustam,
Story of, 156
recited by Nadr, son of
Hárith, at Mecca, v, 166
complains to his mother of
Gushtásp's treatment of
him, v, 167
counselled by his mother,
v, 168, 175
fate of, foretold by Jámásp,
v, 169
recounts his deeds before
Gushtásp, v, 170
promised the throne by
Gushtásp when he has
brought Rustam and his
kin in bonds to court, v,
173, 174
meets with an ill omen on
starting for Zábulistán, v,
177
consults with Bishútan, v,
178
sends Bahman on an em-
bassage, v, 179 seq.
message of, to Rustam, v,
179
receives Rustam's answer
from, and is wroth with,
Bahman, v, 191
converses of Rustam with
Bishútan, v, 192
Asfandíyár, goes attended to
meet Rustam, v, 192
parleys with Rustam, v,
192 seq.
declines Rustam's invita-
tion to visit him, v, 193
invites Rustam to a feast,
v, 195
repents of having invited
Rustam, v, 196
counselled by Bishútan to
keep on friendly terms
with Rustam, v, 196, 217
does not summon Rustam
to the feast, v, 197
wrangles with Rustam, v.
198 seq.
does not assign Rustam his
proper seat at the feast,
v, 200
remonstrated with by Rus-
tam, v, 200
bids Bahman resign his own
seat to Rustam, v, 200
vilifies Zál and Rustam, v,
201
recounts his lineage, v, 205
his exploits, v, 205
his capture of a hill-fort,
v, 206
tries a handgrip with Rus-
tam, v, 208
challenges Rustam, v, 209
astonished at Rustam's
prowess at the board, v,
210
declines Rustam's overtures,
v. 211 seq.
calls Zábulistán “Babble-
stead,” v, 216
parodies Rustam's address
to royal tent-enclosure,
v, 216
arms for fight with Rustam,
v, 223
refuses Rustam's sugges-
tion of a general engage-
ment, v, 224
informed by Bahman of the
slaying of Núsh Ázar and
Mihr-i-Núsh, v, 227
Asfandiyár, enraged with Rus-
tam, v, 228
wounds Rustam and
Rakhsh, v, 229
jeers at Rustam v, 229
calls upon Rustam to sur-
render, v, 230
returns to camp, laments
for Núsh Ázar and Mihr-i-
Núsh, and sends their
corpses to Gushtásp with
a message, v, 232
converses with Bishútan of
the fight with Rustam, v,
232, 240
Símurgh instructs Rustam
how to overcome, v, 237
seq.
branch of tamarisk fatal to,
v, 239 and note
summoned by Rustam to
fight and becomes des-
pondent, v, 240
Rustam's final effort for
peace with, v. 241 seq.
Bahman and Bishútan hear
of the overthrow of, v, 244
address of, to Bishútan, v,
245
Rustam bewails, v, 246
confides Bahman to Rustam,
v, 248
foretells evil for Rustam, v,
248
gives his last charge to
Bishútan, v, 249
death of, v, 250
Rustam laments over, v, 250
corpse of, sent to Gushtásp
by Rustam, v, 251
funeral procession of, con-
ducted by Bishútan, v,
251
lamentations over, v, 252
seq.
corpse of, displayed by
Bishútan, v, 253
Rustam writes to Gushtásp
to excuse himself in the
matter of, v, 256
Xerxes and, v, 282
Asfandiyár, Bahman on the ven-
geance due for, v, 283
referred to, v, 288
Asfandiyár-náma (Spand-dát-
náma), v, 26, 27
Ashemaogha, vii, 188
Ashi Vanguhi, the genius of
piety, iv, 137
Ashk, presumed founder of the
Ashkánian (Parthian)
dynasty, vi, 197, 210
meaning of, vi, 197
Ashkabús, Túránian hero, 148,
iii, 183, 186, 207, 268
challenges the Íránians, iii,
179
Ruhhám worsted by, iii, 179
Rustam's fight with, iii, 109,
179 seq.
referred to, viii, 75
parleys with Rustam, iii, 180
slain by Rustam, iii, 181
Ashkánian, Ashkánians, race and
dynasty, i, 49; iii, 9, 11;
v, 10, 282; vi, 196, 209;
viii, 214
duration of rule, vi, 193
times, Firdausí's lack of
materials for, vi, 193
surviving traditions of,
transferred to other
dynasties, vi, 194
importance of, vi, 194
genealogy, vi, 197
Ashkash, Íránian hero, iii, 33, 34,
89, 347, 350, 352; iv, 13,
57, 61, 65
Rustam and, go to rescue
Bízhan, iii, 334
conveys baggage toward
Írán, iii, 346
Kai Khusrau sends, to
Khárazm, iv, 15
Shída defeated by, iv, 60, 72
troops of, recalled, iv, 145
sent with a host to Zam, iv,
157
pillage of Makrán by,
stopped by Kai Khusrau,
iv, 243
Ashkash, appointed governor of
Makrán, iv, 244
Kai Khusrau welcomed by,
on his return from Gang-
dizh, iv, 251
Ashtád, Íránian chief, ix, 11 seq.
chosen to visit Khusrau
Parwíz at Taisafún, ix, 9
and Kharrád parley with
Galínúsh, ix, 11
visit Khusrau Parwíz, ix,
12
report to Shírwí, ix, 27
Asia, iv, 315, v, 293, viii, 187
Minor, vi, 30; viii, 193, 194
Central, vi, 73
Asmodeus, demon, iii, 272
Asoka, Indian king (B.C. 264-
228-7), i, 15
Asp, as Persian termination, ii, 9
Ássurbanipal, Assyrian king, and
Khusrau Parwíz, reigns
of compared, viii, 193
Assyria, v, 292
Assyrians, i, 10
invasions of Írán by, i, 10
Astawadh. See Haftwád.
Astivihád, demon, iv, 137
Astroiabe, i, 104, 188, 310 note;
ii, 215, 273; iv, 158, 297;
vi, 376; vii, 353; ix, 73
Astrologer, Astrologers, Astro-
logy, i, 104, 188, 255, 310
and note; ii, 233, 284,
409; iv, 27, 158, 159, 279,
284, 334, 335; v, 48, 168
seq., 263; vi, 108, 109,
114, 132, 195, 198, 201,
218, 227, 377; ix, 73
importance of, in Sháh-
námá, i, 52
consulted by Farídún, i, 194
Minúchihr i, 251, 307
Zál i, 255
Sám i, 278
Kai Káús ii, 103, 215, 217
Afrásiyáb, ii, 273; iv, 158
Siyáwush, ii, 282
Rustam, iii, 219
Kai Khusrau, iv, 158
Húmán, v, 310
Astrologer, consulted by Sikan-
dar, vi, 180
Ardawán, vi, 218
Yazdagird, son of Shápúr,
vi, 375 seq., 390
Bahrám Gúr, vii, 144, 145
Khán of Chín, vii, 353
Talhand, vii, 408, 413, 418
Khusrau Parwíz, viii, 372
Astyages (Istuvegu), king of the
Medes (Manda q.v., B.C.
584-550)
conquered by Cyrus, i, 18;
vi, 194
identified by Armenian his-
torians with Zahhák, i, 72,
144
Mandane and, legend of, ii,
190
Afrásiyáb and, in legend, ii,
191
Asura. See Ahúra.
Atbara, tributary of the Nile, vi,
65
Athenaeus, Greek writer (2nd-3rd
centuries A.D.), iv, 316
Deipnosophistae of, ii, 10
quoted, iv, 314
Athens, schools of, closed by
Justinian, vii, 280
Áthravans, priests of the Cult of
Fire, i, 56
Áthwya. See Abtín.
Atkinson, James, on the Sháh-
náma, vi, 250
Atossa, wife of Cambyses and
Darius Hystaspis, v, 11
=Hutaosa, wife of Gush-
tásp (?), v, 11
Atropatene (Ázarbáiján q.v.), i,
9, 61
primitive seat of Fire-wor-
ship, i, 56
sub-kingdom in Parthian
times, vi, 198
Attock, town on the Indus in
northern India, vi, 52
Aurand, father of Sháh Luhrásp,
v, 205
Aurvat-aspa (Luhrásp q.v.), iv,
316; v, 11
Autumnal equinox, iv, 313
Kai Luhrásp crowned at, iv,
313
Avars, Caucasian tribe, viii, 194
Avasta. See Zandavasta.
Avidius Cassius, Roman general,
vi, 291 note
Áwa, Íránian hero, iv, 149
Áwáza, stronghold, 170, viii, 134,
138
Axumite, Ethiopian, dynasty,
viii, 24 note
Áyás, region, v, 61, 74, 107
Áyín Gashasp (Yazdánbakhsh),
Íránian noble, 171, viii,
75, 150 note, 222
Hurmuzd consults, viii, 174,
177
and the prisoner, story of,
viii, 177 seq.
marches to Hamadán, viii,
178
consults a seer, viii, 178
murdered, viii, 181
avenged by Bahrám Chú-
bína, viii, 181
troops of, disperse, viii, 181
Ázád Sarv, Firdausí's authority
for the Story of Rustam
and Shaghád, v, 260 seq.
Ázád Sarv, archmage and agent
of Núshírwán, v, 261, vii,
283 and note
goes to Marv, vii, 283
discovers Búzurjmihr, vii,
283
returns with Búzurjmihr to
court, vii, 283
Ázáda, Rúman slave-girl, vi, 382
goes hunting with Bahrám
Gúr, vi, 382
tries to shame Bahrám Gúr
in his markmanship, vi,
383
slain by Bahrám Gúr, vi,
384 and note
Ázar (Ázarbáiján q.v.), ii, 195
Ázar, genius, iii, 287, 328
Ázar (Ádar), month and day, i,
88, 89; vi, 411; viii,
244, 421; ix, 17
Ázar Ábádagán (Ázarakhsh,
Ázargashasp q.v.), Fire-
temple at Shíz (Takht-i-
Sulaimán) near the south-
eastern border of Ázar-
báiján, not at Tabríz with
which the place has been
wrongly identified (NT,
p. 100, note), 172, IV,
259; vii, 86, 224, 362;
viii, 282; ix, 74
importance of, i, 61
visited by Kai Khusrau,
iii, 20
Kai Khusrau and Kai Káús
go on a pilgrimage to, iv,
258
Khátún, wife of Khán, sent
to serve at, vii, 5
Bahrám Gúr visits, vii, 86,
94
Núshírwán visits, vii, 250,
363
Ázar Afrúz, third son of Asfan-
diyár, v, 81
Ázarakhsh (Ázargashasp, Ázar
Ábádagán q.v.), Fire-
temple, i, 61
importance of, i, 61
Ázarbáiján (Atropatene q.v.),
province in north-western
Persia, i, 9, 61; ii, 336;
iv, 136; v, 16; vi, 198,
203; vii, 160, 214
meaning of, i, 56
Ázargashasp, spirit of the light-
ning, i, 73, 248, 309, 349;
ii, 57, 294, 345; iii, 23, 53,
72, 92, 97, 114, 194, 276,
327; iv, 84, 100, 147,
175, 275, 307, 360; vi,
381; vii, 21, 79, 232;
viii, 46, 122, 152, 176,
245, 256, 415
temple of (Ázar Ábádagán
q.v.), iv, 136, 258, 259;
vii, 89, 250, 317, 365;
viii, 68, 184, 210 and note
visited by Kai Khusrau,
iii, 20
Ázargashasp, temple of, Kai
Khusrau and Kai Káús
go on a pilgrimage to,
iv, 258
referred to, iv, 264
=Gushasp q.v., vi, 212
and note
Bahrám Gúr visits, vii,
86, 139
high priest of, converts
Sapínúd to Zoroastrian-
ism, vii, 139
Núshírwán visits, vii, 250,
363
Khusrau Parwíz visits,
viii, 283, 307, 312
Ázargashasp, Íránian warrior,
viii, 296
Ázar Makán, father of Farrukh-
zád, viii, 408
Ázarmdukht, Sháh, 175, v, 294;
ix, 56, 59, 69
reproaches Kubád, ix, 7
end of, ix, 59, 60
Ázarnarsí, son of Hurmuzd son
of Narsí, vi, 318
Azdites, Arab tribe, i, 11
Azhi, Azi (Daháka, Zahhák q.v.),
i, 142; ii, 81
BÁBAK, Tribal King. See Pápak.
Bábak, muster-master of Núshír-
wán
bidden to enrol the host,
167, vii, 230
insists on Núshírwán's at-
tendance for enrolment,
vii, 231
asks pardon of the Sháh, vii,
232
Bábar, founder of the Mogul
dynasty in India
resolutions of, as to wine-
drinking, vii, 75 note
Babblestead, nonce name given
by Asfandiyár to Zábul-
istán, v, 216
Bábil (Babylon q.v.), 160
Babr-i-Bayán, a surcoat of leo-
pard or tiger skin worn by
Rustam in battle, iii, 184,
186
referred to, iii, 278
Babylon (Bábil, gate of the god),
city on the left bank of
the Euphrates, now repre-
sented by the modern
Hillah on the right bank,
ii, 80; iii, 286; vi, 17,
31, 81, 83; viii, 194, 249;
ix, 65, 92
hanging gardens of, v, 293
Sikandar marches toward,
vi, 176, 178
prodigious birth at, vi, 81,
180
Sikandar sickens at, vi, 181
dies at, vi, 81, 183
Zahhák king of, ix, 65
Babylonia, ii, 80, 81
Babylonian, vi, 254
script, vi, 320
Bacchus, Saint and Martyr, viii,
188
Bactria, region between the
Hindu Kush and the
Oxus, vi, 32, 198
Bactrian plains, iii, 10
camels, viii, 47; ix, 93
Badakshán, region south of the
Upper Oxus and east of
Balkh, famous for its
rubies, iv, 65, 192
signet-ring of, i, 300
gem of, vi, 382 and note
Bádán-Pírúz (Shahrám - Pírúz,
Ardabíl q.v.), city built
by Sháh Pírúz in Ázar-
báiján, 166, vii, 160, 163
Badar, Badr, battle of, ii, 337
note, v, 166
Bád Áwar, treasure viii., 406,
and note, ix., 20.
Baeton, Greek writer, temp.
Alexander the Great, vi,
12
Baghdád, city on the Tigris,
founded by the 'Ab-
básid Khalífa Al Mansúr
as his capital in A.D. 762
on the site of an old Baby-
lonian city (Baghdadu),
161, 165, i, 14, 160; iii,
35; iv, 147, 256; v, 28;
vi, 254, 290, 322, 327;
vii, 83 and note; viii, 109
note, 112, 174, 193, 203,
393; ix, 68
Ardshír Pápakán enthroned
at, vi, 258
Yazdagird quits, ix, 88
Persian settlement of, ix, 67
raided by Arabs, ix, 67
Bágiz, vi, 32
Bagoas, vi, 29
Bahár, district in Turkistán
where Siyáwushgird was
built, ii, 286
Bahman (Vohu Manau), ame-
shaspenta q.v., iii, 286,
327; v, 16; vi, 362 and
note
Yasht, Pahlaví Text, vii, 188
month and day, iv, 81 note,
v, 310; vii, 31 and
note
Bahman (Ardshír, Artaxerxes),
son of Asfandiyár, Sháh,
156, 157, i, 42; ii, 9;
v, 81, 166, 251, 254, 293,
297, 303; vi, 20 note, 34
and note, 49, 200, 213,
270 and note; viii, 270
eldest son of Asfandiyár, v,
80
Asfandiyár resigns the host
to, v, 82
hears of Asfandiyár's im-
prisonment, v, 85
goes with others to solace
him, v, 85
accompanies Asfandiyár
from Gumbadán, v, 103
sent on an embassage, v,
179 seq.
crosses the Hírmund, v, 182
coming of, reported to Zál,
v, 182
interview of, with Zál, v, 183
Bahman, follows Rustam to the
hunting-ground, v, 184
tries to kill Rustam, v,
184
interview of, with Rustam,
v, 185 seq.
entertained by Rustam, v,
186
astonished at Rustam's
appetite, v, 186
leaves Rustam, v, 190
gives Rustam's answer to
Asfandiyár, v, 191
Asfandiyár's wrath with, v
191
resigns his seat at the feast
to Rustam, v, 200
informs Asfandiyár of the
slaying of Núsh Ázar and
Mihr-i-Núsh, v, 227
hears of Asfandiyár's over-
throw, v, 244
confided to Rustam by
Asfandiyár, v, 248
Zawára warns Rustam
against, v, 250
remains with Rustam, v,
252, 256
instructed by Rustam and
profits thereby, v, 256
Gushtásp advised by Jám-
ásp to write to, v, 258
Gushtásp's letter of recall
to, v, 258
equipped by Rustam for his
journey, v, 258
welcomed and called Ard-
shír by Gushtásp, v, 259
and note
long arms of, v, 281
appointed by Gushtásp to
succeed him, v, 279
historical position of, in
Persian legend, v, 281
ascends the throne and har-
angues the chiefs on the
vengeance due for Asfan-
diyár, v, 283
invades Sístán, v, 284 seq.
sends a hostile message to
Zál, v, 285
Bahman, rejects Zál's concilia-
tory overtures, v, 286
sacks Zál's palace, v, 286
pillages Zábulistán, v, 287
fights, defeats, and exe-
cutes Farámarz, v, 288
Bishútan intercedes for Zál
with, v, 288
stops the pillage of Zábul
and releases Zál, v, 289
quits Zábul by Bishútan's
advice, v, 290
passes over his son Sásán
and nominates Humái and
her issue as successors to
the throne, v, 291
death of, v, 294
referred to, v, 310
Bahman, son of Ardawán, 160,
161, vi, 202, 225, 227, 260
made ruler of Párs, vi, 218
and note
referred to, vi, 222
bidden by Ardawán to seek
out Ardshír Pápakán, vi,
223
wounded and put to flight
by Ardshír Pápakán and
Tabák, vi, 227
escapes to Hind after the
defeat of Ardawán, vi, 228
urges his sister to poison
Ardawán, vi, 259
Bahman, Íránian magnatc, temp.
Núshírwán, vii, 312; viii,
22
Bahman, castle of, in Ázar-
báiján, 146, ii, 336, 405
seq.
Bahrain, group of islands off
the Arabian shore of the
Persian Gulf, vi, 330; ix,
68
Bahrám, genius, iii, 287, 328;
vii, 406 and note
day, viii, 279
fatal to Bahrám Chúbína,
viii, 337 and note, 339
and note
Bahrám, moralist, quoted by
Firdausí, ii, 186
Bahrám (Vardanes), son of
Gúdarz and brother of Gív,
Íránian hero and Parth-
ian king, 145, 147, 148;
ii, 33, 35, 38, 58, 62, 85,
127, 138, 144, 158, 249,
257, 258, 271, 290, 318,
338, 340; iii, 13, 15, 19,
43, 46 seq., 67, 72, 95 seq.,
114, 116, 132, 200, 214,
232; iv, 8, 312; vi,
197
takes part in the Fight of the
Seven Warriors, ii, 107
seq.
goes with Siyáwush against
Afrásiyáb, ii, 226
put in command by Siyá-
wush, ii, 250, 257
interviews Farúd, iii, 47 seq.
Farúd presents his mace to,
iii, 50
reports his interview with
Farúd to Tús, iii, 51
tries to save Farúd, iii, 52
reproaches the Íránians, iii,
66
slays Kabúda, iii, 74
rescues the crown of Rív-
níz, iii, 94
loses his whip, iii, 11, 95
becomes fey, iii, 95
succours a wounded brother,
iii, 97
finds his whip, iii, 95
loses his horse, iii, 95
set on by Turkmans, iii, 98
Rúín, iii, 99
wounds Rúín, iii, 99
interviews Pírán, iii, 99
attacked by Tazháv, iii,
101
found by Gív, iii, 102
death and burial of, iii, 104
Bahrám, son of Zarasp, Íránian
hero, goes with Zarír to
Rúm, iv, 360
commands the host in
Zarír's absence, iv, 360
hails Gushtásp as Sháh, iv,
362
Bahrám, Íránian warrior or king,
iv, 268
Bahrám = Ardawán, vi, 197, 210
Bahrám, son of Pírúz, Íránian
warrior, temp. Bahrám
Gúr, vii, 85
Bahrám, father of Shírwí temp.
Núshírwán, vii, 251, 262
Bahrám, son of Urmuzd, Sásán-
ian Sháh (Varahran I),
162, vi, 3
receives the throne from,
and is counselled by,
Urmuzd, vi, 303 seq.
mourns for Urmuzd, vi,
306
Reign of, vi, 307 seq.
Note on, vi, 307
appoints his successor and
dies, vi, 309
Mání and, vi, 327
Bahrám, son of Bahrám, Sásán-
ian Sháh (Varahran II),
162, vi, 3, 308
appointed to succeed his
father, vi, 309
Reign of, vi, 310
Note on, vi, 310
story told of, vi, 310
Bahrám, son of Shápúr, Sásán-
ian Sháh (Varahran IV),
163, vi, 3, 371
Reign of, vi, 368
Note on, vi, 368
ruler of Kirmán, vi, 368
title of, vi, 313, 368
seal of, vi, 368
Tabarí's account of, vi, 368
daughter of, vi, 369
resigns the throne to his
brother, vi, 369
dies, vi, 369
Bahrám, son of Siyáwush, 172,
viii, 75, 163, 245
reported slain, viii, 128
returns with captive sor-
cerer, viii, 128
speech of, viii, 166
related to Bahrám Chúbína,
viii, 187
wife of viii, 187
Bahrám, son of Siyáwush, wife of,
warns Bahrám Chúbína,
viii, 247
pursues Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 233
besieges Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 236
beguiled by Bandwí, viii,
236, 245
returns with Bandwí to
Bahrám Chúbína, viii,
238
blamed by Bahrám Chú-
bína, viii, 238
given custody of Bandwí,
viii, 238
slain by Bahrám Chúbína,
viii, 247
Bahrám, Íránian general, left in
charge of host by Khus-
rau Parwíz, viii, 296
Bahrám, father, in Persian
Tabarí, of Bahrám Chú-
bína, viii, 77
Bahrám, name of, inscribed on
cup incites Khusrau Par-
wíz to afflict Rai, viii,
365 and note
Bahrám Ázarmihán, Íránian
scribe, 170
Hurmuzd attempts to
suborn, viii, 85 seq.
reveals state-secret to Hur-
muzd, viii, 88
put to death, viii, 89
Bahrám Bahrámiyán, Sásánian
Sháh (Varahran III), 162,
vi, 3, 316, 324, 334
Reign of, vi, 313
Note on, vi, 313
miscalled “Kirmánsháh,”
vi, 313, 368
appoints his son to succeed
him, vi, 314, 315
Bahrám Chúbína, son of Gas-
hasp, marchlord of Rai,
Persian warrior and usur-
per, 170-173, i, 14; vi,
209, 250; viii, 70, 73,
184, 187, 199, 209, 214,
215, 343 seq., 352 seq.,
356 seq., 360, 383; ix, 6,
15, 16, 22, 91, 105
Romance of, viii, 72 seq.,
187, 191, 304 note; ix, 5
Nöldeke on, viii, 73
account of, viii, 72
seller of sheep's heads and,
viii, 74, 107
dream of, viii, 75
withholding of booty by,
viii, 76, 148
insult of Hurmuzd to, viii,
76
defeat of, in Lazic war, viii,
76
sends swords to Hurmuzd,
viii, 76
parentage of, viii, 76, 77
malicious speech about, viii,
77, 150
coinage of, viii, 77, 173
brought to notice of Hur-
muzd, viii, 98
described, viii, 98, 206
identified by Zád Farrukh,
viii, 99
sent for by Hurmuzd, viii,
100
consulted by Hurmuzd, viii,
100
made commander-in-chief,
viii, 102
selects his troops, viii, 102
justifies his method in so
doing, viii, 104
receives Rustam's banner
from Hurmuzd, viii, 105
Mihrán as recorder from
Hurmuzd, viii, 106
marches from Taisafún, viii,
106
refuses to be recalled, viii,
108
marches to Khúzistán, viii,
109 and note
hay-seller and, viii, 109
marches toward Dáma-
ghán, viii, 109
parley of, with Faghfúr,
viii, 112
Bahrám Chúbína, refuses Sáwa's
offers, viii, 113 seq., 117
seq.
counselled by Kharrád, viii,
121
arrays his host, viii, 122
prayer of, before battle,
viii, 123
encourages the Íránians
against Sáwa's sorcery,
etc., viii, 124 seq.
defeats and slays Sáwa, viii,
126
doings of, after battle with
Sáwa, viii, 130
rewarded by Hurmuzd, viii,
133
ordered to attack Parmúda,
viii, 133
holds revel in a garden,
viii, 135
attacked by and defeats
Parmúda, viii, 135 seq.
besieges Parmúda in Áwáza,
viii, 138
informs Hurmuzd, viii, 138
negotiates for surrender of
Áwáza with Parmúda,
viii, 138 seq.
receives surrender of, and
insults, Parmúda, viii, 143
blamed by Kharrád and
archscribe, viii, 144
tries to appease Parmúda,
viii, 145
has inventory made of the
wealth in Áwáza, viii, 147
sends Ízid Gashasp with
spoil to Írán, viii, 148
Hurmuzd begins to suspect,
viii, 151
advances of, to Khán re-
jected, viii, 153
goes to Balkh, viii, 153
guided by an onager, viii,
156
incited to seek the king-
ship, viii, 158
change in, viii, 158
questioned by Kharrád, viii,
158
Bahrám Chúbína, sends Yalán-
sína after Kharrád and
archscribe, viii, 159
pardons archscribe, viii, 160
Luck of, viii, 162
renounces allegiance to
Hurmuzd, viii, 162
intercepts the royal letters,
viii, 163
consults the chiefs, viii, 163
becomes friends with the
Khán, viii, 172
appoints a prince for Khurá-
sán, etc., viii, 173
marches to Rai, viii, 173
avenges murder of Áyín
Gashasp, viii, 181
historical campaign of,
against Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 189
carline and, viii,. 189, 303
marches to the Nahrawán,
viii, 201
spies' report of, to Khusrau
Parwíz, viii, 201
Khusrau Parwíz marches to
meet, viii, 203
interview of, with, viii,
204 seq.
tampers with troops of
Khusrau Parwíz, viii, 225
combat of, with Khusrau
Parwíz, viii, 228
arrives at Taisafún, viii, 231
sends Bahrám, son of Siyá-
wush, in pursuit of Khus-
rau Parwíz, viii, 233
blames Bahrám, viii, 238
chides, warns and im-
prisons Bandwí, viii, 238
addresses the magnates, viii,
239
elected Sháh, viii, 243
gives malcontents three
days to quit Írán, viii, 244
plot against, viii, 245 seq.
warned, viii, 247
slays Bahrám, son of Siyá-
wush, viii, 247
hears of Bandwí's escape,
viii, 248
Bahrám Chúbína, deceived by
forged letters, viii, 287,
293, 294
marches against Khusrau
Parwíz, viii, 287
goes to Ázar Ábádagán,
viii, 288
arrays his host, viii, 289
fights with and slays Kút,
viii, 290
sends back corpse of Kút,
viii, 291
worsts Rúmans, viii, 292
“Harvest of,” viii, 292
charges and routs Khusrau
Parwíz' centre, viii, 294
fights with Gurdwí, viii, 294
goes to fight Khusrau Par-
wíz and his body-guard,
viii, 297
leaves Jánfurúz in charge
of host, viii, 297
puts to flight and pursues
Khusrau Parwíz, viii, 298
Surúsh saves Khusrau Par-
wíz from, viii, 299
deserted by his chiefs, viii,
302
retreats, viii, 302
releases Nastúh, viii, 306
goes to Rai, viii, 306
welcomed by Khán, viii, 316
asks oath of Khán, viii, 317
counsels Khán to resist
Makátúra, viii, 318
challenged by Makátúra,
viii, 319
fight of, with Makátúra, viii,
320
Khán sends gifts to, viii, 321
asked by Khán's wife to
avenge death of her
daughter on lion-ape, viii,
324
battle of, with lion-ape, viii,
325
extradition of, demanded by
Khusrau Parwíz, viii, 328
urges Khán to make war
on Írán, viii, 330
sets forth for Írán, viii, 331
Bahrám Chúbína, Kharrád at-
tempts to prejudice, with
Khán, viii, 333
arrives at Marv, viii, 336
fatal day of, viii, 337, 339
Kulún seeks interview with,
viii, 339
stabs, viii, 340
sister of, mourns, viii, 340
dying speech of, viii, 341
makes Yalán-sína his man-
datory, viii, 342
letter of, to Khán, viii, 343
burial of, viii, 343
name of, on cup, viii, 365
and note
assassination of, referred to,
ix, 4
Bahrám Gúr, Sásánian Sháh
(Varahran V), 163-165, i,
42; vi, 3, 250, 325, 329
and note, 394 seq.; vii,
160, 164, 165, 170 and
note, 174, 178, 187, 334,
359; viii, 75, 129 and
note; ix, 26, 77
birth of, vi, 375
Yazdagird advised by mag-
nates to choose governor
for, vi, 376
put in Munzir's charge, vi,
372, 378
goes with Munzir to Yaman,
vi, 378
nurses of, vi, 378
education of, vi, 378 seq.
obtains his tutors' dismissal,
vi, 380
makes choice of steeds, vi,
380
slave-girls, vi, 381
goes to the chase with a
slave-girl, vi, 382
markmanship of, vi, 383
seq.
slays his slave-girl, vi, 384
and note
goes hunting with Nu'mán
and Munzir, vi, 384
picture of, hunting, sent to
Yazdagird, vi, 385
Bahrám Gúr, returns with
Nu'mán to Yazdagird, vi,
386
complains of Yazdagird to
Munzir, vi, 387
receives advice and his slave-
girl from Munzir, vi, 388
falls into disgrace at court,
vi, 389
asks Tainúsh to intercede
for him, vi, 389
released and returns to Mun-
zir, vi, 390
welcomed by Munzir, vi, 390
hears of his father's death
and of the election of
Khusrau, vi, 395, 396
claims the kingship and is
supported by Munzir, vi,
396 seq.
interview of, with Jawánwí,
vi, 398
negotiates with the Írán-
ians, vi, 401 seq.
Íránians produce examples
of Yazdagird's cruelty to,
vi, 404
addresses the Íránians, vi,
404
proposes to decide the ques-
tion of the kingship by
ordeal, vi, 405
promises to rule justly, vi,
406
agrees to be the first to face
the ordeal, vi, 409
Reign of, 164, vii, 3 seq.
Note on, vii, 3 seq.
length of, vii, 3
largely legendary, vii, 3
character of, vii, 3
resembles James V of Scot-
land, vii, 3
accession of, vii, 7
age of, at, vi, 373
inaugural measures at,
vii, 7 seq.
holds eight days' court, vii,
7 seq.
appoints ministers, vii, 4,
8, 11
Bahrám Gúr, sends letters to
the chiefs, vii, 8
pardons his enemies, vii, 9
makes festival for three
days, vii, 9
rewards Nu'mán and Mun-
zir, vii, 10
honours Khusrau, vii, 10
remits arrears of taxes, vii,
11
restores the nobles exiled
by Yazdagird to their
honours, vii, 11
proclamations of, vii, 12,
79, 82
persecutes the Christians,
vi, 373; vii, 4
war of, with Rúm, vii, 4
adventures of, 164, vii, 4,
12 seq.
forbids wine-drinking, vii,
23
allows wine-drinking again,
vii, 25
whip of, vii, 47, 54, 63, 64
equipage of, for the chase,
vii, 48, 76
loses and finds his tughral,
vii, 49, 50
visit of, to Barzín, vii, 49 seq.
marries Barzín's daughters,
vii, 53
hunting-feats of, vi, 383
seq.; vii, 54, 55, 77, 80, 81
visits a jeweller, vii, 56 seq.
course of life of, bewailed by
Rúzbih, vii, 56
many wives of, vii, 56
asks and obtains Arzú in
marriage, vii, 61 seq.
visit of, to Farshídward, vii,
68
forbids all plundering, vii,
79
ear-marks and brands
onagers, vii, 81
remits the tribute of Barkúh
and Jaz, vii, 82
visits Baghdád, vii, 83
holds revel at Baghdád,
vii, 83
Bahrám Gúr reproaches Rúzbih
for parsimony, vii, 83
reported to be given up to
pleasure, vii, 84
reproached by his chiefs,
vii, 84
secret preparations of,
against the Khán, vii, 85
summons his chiefs, vii, 85
levies a host, vii, 86
makes Narsí viceroy, vii, 86
goes to Ázar Ábádagán, vii,
86, 94, 139
march of, to Marv against
the Khán, vii, 89
defeats the Khán at Kash-
mihán, vii, 4, 5, 90, 170
note
marches on Bukhárá, vii,
90
defeats the Turkmans, vii,
91
grants peace to the Turk-
mans, vii, 91
boundary pillar of, vii, 92,
160, 161, 164
makes Shahra ruler of
Túrán, vii, 92
goes to Istakhr, vii, 95
makes gifts of treasure, vii,
95, 96
deposits the Khán's crown
in a Fire-temple, vii, 95
goes to Taisafún, vii, 95
welcomed by Narsí and the
chiefs, vii, 96
remits taxes for seven years,
vii, 5, 97
happiness of the world
under, vii, 99
bestows Khurásán on Narsí,
vii, 99
inquires about Cæsar's en-
voy, vii, 100
gives audience to Cæsar's
envoy, vii, 101
Cæsar's questions to, vii, 102
parting gifts of, to Cæsar's
envoy, vii, 106
addresses the archmages,
vii, 106
Bahrám Gúr, wazír complains of
Shangul to, vii, 109
writes to Shangul, vii, 110.
visit of, to Hind, vii, 5, 112
seq.
motive of, vii, 5
fabulous, vii, 6
bears his own letter to Hind,
vii, 112
audience of, with Shangul,
vii, 112
entertained by Shangul, vii,
116
wrestles before Shangul, vii,
117
displays his markmanship
before Shangul, vii, 118
calls himself Barzwí, vii,
121
slays monsters, vii, 121 seq.
offered a daughter and great
advancement by Shangul,
vii, 127
takes to wife one of Shan-
gul's daughters, vii, 128
receives an invitation from
Faghfúr, vii, 129
reply of, vii, 130
tells Sapínúd of his wish to
quit Hind, vii, 131
meets some Íránian mer-
chants and pledges them
to secrecy, vii, 133
feigns sickness, vii, 134
escapes with Sapínúd, vii,
134
reproached by Shangul, vii,
135
makes a league with Shan-
gul, vii, 137
welcome of, on his return,
vii, 137
addresses the nobles, vii,
138
praised by the nobles, vii,
139
makes a new treaty with
Shangul, vii, 140
entertains Shangul and
seven other kings, vii,
140 seq.
Bahrám Gúr, appointed Shan-
gul's heir, vii, 143
parting gifts of, to Shangul,
vii, 144
takes account of his trea-
sures, vii, 144
term of life of, foretold by
the astrologers, vii, 144
resolves to levy no more
taxes, vii, 145
unsuccessful attempts of, to
benefit his subjects, vii,
146 seq.
Gipsies introduced into Írán
by, vii, 6, 149
appoints Yazdagird his suc-
cessor, vii, 150
death of, vii, 6, 150
Firdausí's reflections on,
vii, 150, 151
mourning for, vii, 151
Bahrám-Gushnasp, father, in
Arabic Tabarí, of Bahrám
Chúbína, viii, 77
Bahrám Tal, viii, 138 and note
Baidá (White), a town in Párs a
few miles north of Shíráz,
not to be confounded
with the stronghold
known as “White Castle”
further north, i, 236; vi,
198 and note, 199
Baigand, city and fortress
(Kuhandizh?) between
Bukhárá and the Oxus,
vii, 176
Afrásiyáb encamps at, iv,
151
marches from, iv, 154
Máhwí encamps at, ix, 118
Baisinghar Khán, grandson of
Tímúr the Lame, life of
Firdausí by, i, 23
edition of Sháhnáma of, 1,
23
preface to, i, 67
Baitu'l Mukaddas (Gang-i-Diz-
hukht), Zahhák's capital
(Babylon?), also an Arab
name for Jerusalem, i,
161
Baitu'l Harám, the Kaaba q.v.,
vi, 119, 121
Báj, Zoroastrian system of pray-
ing, i, 80
Bakhtagán, father of Búzurj-
mihr, vii, 279
Baku, town on the peninsula of
Apsheron on the western
shores of the Caspian and
a chief centre of the
petroleum industry, i, 58
note
Bakyír, mountain where Afrá-
siyáb had a palace, iv, 136
Balaam, prophet, v, 15
Bal'amí, Abú 'Alí Muhammad
al-, (died A.D. 996),
Sámánid minister and
compiler of the Persian
version of Tabarí's An-
nals, vii, 5
Balas (Balásh q.v.), Sásánian
Sháh, vii, 170 seq.
Balásh, king of Kirmán, slain by
Ardshír Pápakán, vi, 205
Balásh (Balas), Sásánian Sháh,
166, vi, 3
appointed regent by Pírúz,
vii, 164
hears of the overthrow of
Pírúz, vii, 169
Reign of, vii, 170 seq.
Note on, vii, 170
character of, vii, 171
introduces public baths, vii,
171
end of, vii, 171
title of, vii, 171
accession of, vii, 171
Súfarai's letter to, vii, 173
welcomes Súfarai on his
return from Túrán, vii,
181
dethroned, vii, 182
Balkh, city in northern Afgháni-
stán, 154, 155, ii, 101, 228
231, 242, 246, 249; iii,
153, 192; iv, 19, 20, 65,
156, 157, 255; v, 18, 20,
29, 31, 33, 41, 48, 73, 86,
87, 91, 104, 171, 255;
vii, 94, 331, 359, 384;
viii, 22, 74, 95, 153, 159,
161, 173; ix, 116
ancient seat of Aryan civili-
zation, i, 7
situated on ancient trade-
route, i, 57
seat of the Magi, i, 60 seq.
Zoroaster's successful evan-
gel at, i, 61; v, 18
Zoroaster slain at, i, 61 v,
92, 93
rhyme-word, Firdausí's dif-
ficulty with, i, 74
Sháhnáma, scene of, shifted
to, ii, 9,; iv, 317
Siyáwush defeats Garsíwaz
at, and takes, ii, 229
Luhrásp makes, his capital,
iv, 713
becomes a devotee at, v,
31
Kuhram sent by Arjásp to
attack, v, 90
stormed, v, 92, 93
Luhrásp slain at, v, 91, 93
spoil of, sent away by
Arjásp, v, 108
Asfandiyár quits, to invade
Túrán, v, 120
aphorist of, viii, 221
bestowed by Máhwí on his
son, ix, 115
Balúch, Balúchistán (Gedrosia,
Makrán), country, 167, ii,
80, 226; iii, 34; iv, 136;
vi, 12, 70; vii, 340
Ardshír Pápakán's ill suc-
cess against, vii, 242
Núshírwán conquers, vii, 242
becomes prosperous, vii, 362
Balúchís, people, vii, 241 seq.
ravages of, vii, 217, 241
chastised by Núshírwán, vii,
242
Bálwí, Íránian noble, 172, viii,
257, seq.
deceived by Cæsar's talis-
man, viii, 273
Bálwí, praised by Cæsar, viii, 279
receives Chách, viii, 314
Bámdát, father of Mazdak, vii,
188
Bámiyán, city in Afghánistán,
north of the Kuh-i-Baba
mountains and famous
for its Buddhist remains,
iv, 65
Banák, Íránian chief, temp. Ard-
shír Pápakán, vi, 202
Bandáwa, Sindian chief, defeated
by Sikandar, vi, 175
Band-i-Kaisar, dam at Shúsh-
tar, vi, 295
Bandwí, Íránian noble temp.
Kubád, vii, 207
Bandwí, maternal uncle of
Khusrau Parwíz, 171-173,
viii, 200, 202, 204 seq., 224,
225, 227, 231, 234, 245
seq., 289, 296, 298, 356,
357; ix, 4
imprisonment of, viii, 77,
176
Gustaham and, escape and
revolt, viii, 182
referred to, viii, 189
put to death, viii, 191, 355
accompanies Khusrau Par-
wíz in his flight, viii, 231
turns back and murders
Hurmuzd, viii, 232
rejoins Khusrau Parwíz, viii,
233
promises to save Khusrau
Parwíz, viii, 234
disguises himself as Khus-
rau Parwíz, viii, 235
beguiles Bahrám, son of
Siyáwush, viii, 236, 245
imprisoned by Bahrám
Chúbína, viii, 238
Bandwí, Bahrám Chúbína hears
of escape of, viii, 248
entertained by Mausíl, viii,
249
goes with Mausíl to meet
Khusrau Parwíz, viii, 282
Bahrám Chúbína writes to,
viii, 285
Bandwí, causes defection of Bah-
rám Chúbína's chiefs, viii,
302
insults of, to Niyátús, viii,
309, 310
reconciled to Niyátús, viii,
311
minister of Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 313
adherents of, beheaded, viii,
370
execution of, referred to, ix,
16, 104
Baní Tayy, Arab tribe, viii,
188
Banquets, the Seven, of Núshír-
wán, 168. See Núshír-
wán.
Bánúgashasp, daughter of Rus-
tam and wife of Gív,
ii, 4
stays with Rustam while
Gív seeks Kai Khusrau, ii,
365
suitors of, ii, 383, 384
rejoins Gív, ii, 395
Bár, mountain-range in Khurá-
sán, v, 30
Bár, treasure, viii, 406 and note
Baráhám, a Jew, 164, vii, 13
entertains Bahrám Gúr
scurvily, vii, 16 seq.
goods of, confiscated, vii, 20
Bárbad, minstrel, 175, viii, 396
seq., 406, ix, 29 and note
supersedes Sarkash, viii, 399
visits Khusrau Parwíz in
prison, ix, 29
lament of, ix, 30
Barbar, Barbaristán, town and
country (British Somali-
land), 143, ii, 82 seq,. 90,
93, 98; iii, 207, 269; iv,
136, 148; vi, 114; vii,
327; viii, 381
identification of, ii, 79
king of, ii, 83, 94, 95
taken prisoner by Guráza,
ii, 97
sends embassy to Gush-
tásp, v, 75
Barda', city in Arrán q.v., now in
ruins, on the Tharthúr a
tributory of the Kur, iv,
147; vii, 341; viii, 99,
100, 184, 222, 226; ix, 15
Afrásiyáb takes refuge in a
cave near, iv, 259
Bardí. See Baidá.
Barkúh, city between Istakhr
and Yazd, vii, 79, 80
tribute of, remitted by Bah-
rám Gúr, vii, 82
Barmáiún (Purmáya q.v.),
brother of Farídún, i, 90, 91
Bármán, son of Wísa, Túránian
hero, 142, 144, 151, i,
92, 342; ii, 18, 129, 130,
150, 349; iii, 79, 210; iv,
149
spies out the Íránian host, i,
346
challenges the Íránians to
single combat and slays
Kubád, i, 347
rewarded by Afrásiyáb, i,
348
besieges Gazhdaham in
White Castle, i, 354
defeated and slain by Káran,
i, 354
revival of, in legend, ii, 119
marches on Írán, ii, 228
defeated by Siyáwush, ii,
229
chosen to fight Ruhhám, iv,
97
slain by Ruhhám, iv, 102
Barrier, Alexander's (Sikan-
dar's), in the Caucasus,
160, i, 16. vi, 189, 249
legend of, vi, 78
site of, vi, 79
described, vi, 164
Barsaentes, satrap, vi, 32
murderer of Darius Codo-
manus, vi, 32
executed, vi, 32
Barsám, general of Bízhan, ix,
97, 117
marches on Marv, ix, 97, 116
Máhwí's conduct to, ix, 117
Barsám, pursues and overtakes
Máhwí, ix, 118
captures Máhwí, ix, 119
Barsam, the sacred twigs, imple-
ment in Zoroastrian reli-
gious ceremonial, i, 80
Barsine (Stateira), eldest daugh-
ter of Darius Codomanus,
vi, 33
marries Alexander the Great,
vi, 33
Barta, Íránian hero, 151, iii, 25,
92; iv, 149
chosen to fight with Kuh-
ram, iv, 97
slays Kuhram, iv, 105
Bartás, region in Turkistán, ix,
19
Barzín, sacred Fire and Fire -
temple on the Binalúd
Kuh, south west of Tús
and Mashad in Khurásán,
i, 237; ii, 107; vi, 391;
viii, 216
Íránians worship at, vi, 400
Barzín, Fire-temple built by
Luhrásp at Balkh, iv, 318
Barzín, Íránian hero, i, 365; ii,
12, 22, 73; iii. 25, 127,
273
Barzín, father of Bihzád, temp.
Yazdagird son of Shápúr,
vi, 395
Barzín, Íránian noble, temp.
Bahrám Gúr, 164
visited by Bahrám Gúr,
vii, 49
entertains Bahrám Gúr, vii,
50 seq.
gives his daughters in mar-
riage to Bahrám Gúr, 164,
vii, 53
Barzín, father of Rád and Dád,
temp. Bahrám Gúr, vii, 86
Barzín, father of Ustád, temp.
Núshírwán, vii, 251
Barzín, father of Shádán, vii,
382, 423
Barzín, bower of, vii, 83
Barzín, general of Núshírwán,
viii, 17
Barzin, father of Kharrád, 171-
173, viii, 74, 76, 190, 205
and passim, ix, 4, 9, 12,
27
Barzín, father of Jahn, viii, 391
Barzwí, nonce-name assumed by
Bahrám Gúr in Hind,
vii, 121, 134
Barzwí, physician and sage,
temp. Núshírwán, 169, vii,
383
goes on a mission to Hind,
vii, 424
consults a sage, vii, 427
hears of the book of Kalíla
and Dimna (Fables of
Bidpai), and procures it
for Núshírwán, vii, 427, 428
translates the above into
Pahlaví, vii, 382, 428
asks boon of Núshírwán,
vii, 429
Basra (Bassora), city on the
Shatt-el-Arab, ix, 68, 69
founded by 'Umar, ix, 67
Bastám, city near Dámaghán on
the road to Nishápúr, vii,
357
Bástán-náma (Khudái - náma),
Firdausí's chief authority,
v, 24, 27, 261; vi, 17, 84
traditional origin of, i, 67
discussed, i, 68
translated into Arabic by
Ibn Mukaffa', vi, 16, 373
modern Persian, i, 67 seq.;
vii, 382
Bastavairi, Bastvar (Nastúr q.v.),
v, 12, 25
Bátarún (Marcian), Rúman
general, viii, 41, 47, 52
Baths, public, introduction of,
by Balásh, vii, 171
Battle of the Twelve Rukhs, 151,
iv, 7 seq., v. 29
Firdausí's reflections on, iv,
98, 106
Eleven Rukhs, 151, iv, 88
arranged by Gúdarz and
Pírán, iv, 95 seq.
of the Bridge, ix, 5, 67
Battlestead=Brazen Hold, v,
121
Bazánúsh (Valerian, q.v.), 161
defeat of, and capture by,
Shápúr son of Ardshír, vi,
294, 295
single combat of, with Gar-
shásp, vi, 297
bridge built by, at Shúsh-
tar, vi, 298
Bazánúsh (Jovian q.v.), 162, 163,
vi, 324, 326
elected Emperor, vi, 353
sues for peace, vi, 353
accepts Shápúr's terms, vi,
355
Bazh, suburb of Tús, i, 38
Bázrangí, dynasty of Tribal
kings, vi, 198
Bázúr, Túránian warlock, iii, 128
uses magic against the Írán-
ians, iii, 128
wounded by Ruhhám, iii, 129
Beas (Hyphasis), easternmost of
the rivers of the Punjáb,
vi, 64
Bedouins, i, 135, 179
desert of the, iv, 148
commanded by Zahír in Kai
Khusrau's host, iv, 148
Bel, Babylonian god, v, 293
temple of, v, 293
Belisarius, Roman general (A.D.
505-565), vii, 186, 187,
217, 218
Berber, race in northern Africa,
vi, 73
Berbera, trading-station in the
Gulf of Aden, ii, 79
Berlin, viii, 192
Berozias, Barzwí q.v., vii, 383
Bessus, satrap, temp. Alexander
the Great, vi, 32
assumes royal state in
Bactria, vi, 32
executed, vi, 32
Bhima, one of the five Pán-
davas, iv, 138, 139
Bhután, Indian kingdom, bet-
ween Assam and Thibet,
vi, 81
Bibliotheca, of Diodorus, v, 293
Bíd, a div, ii, 44, 54, 55, 93
slain, ii, 59, 64; iii, 256;
iv, 296; v, 204
Bídád, city of Cannibals in the
vicinity of Sughd, iii, 244
seq.
meaning of, iii, 244 note
stormed by Rustam, iii, 246
Bídirafsh (Vidrafsh), Túránian
hero, 155, v, 24, 25, 41,
51, 52, 62 seq.
goes as envoy to Gushtásp,
v, 37, 40 seq.
returns with Gushtásp's
answer, v, 44
receives banner from Ar-
jásp, v, 46
commands one wing, v, 56
volunteers to fight Zarír, v,
62
slays Zarír, v, 63
fights Nastúr, v, 70
slain by Asfandiyár, v, 70
head of, presented to Gush-
tásp, v, 71
Bidpai, Indian sage, vii, 383
Fables of (Book of Kalíla
and Dimna), brought to
Persia, 169, vii, 213, 382
Bih Áfríd, daughter of Gush-
tásp, ii, 3; v, 22
taken captive by the Turk-
mans, v, 93, 94, 100
goes with Humái to draw
water and meets As-
fandiyár, v, 147
escapes from Arjásp's
palace, v, 153
laments over Asfandiyár, v,
252
reproaches Gushtásp, v, 254
Biháfrídh, ancestor of Ardshír
Pápakán, vi, 200
Bih Ardshír, Seleucia q.v. as
rebuilt by Ardshír Pápa-
kán, vi, 254, 291 note,
viii, 194, 196
Bihbihán, town near the left
bank of the Táb river in
Párs, vii, 188
Bihisht (Paradise), name of the
country round Gang, iv,
195
Bihistún. See Bístún.
Bihrúz, a scribe temp. Bahrám
Gúr, vii, 71 seq.
makes an inventory of the
goods of the miser
Farshídward, vii, 72
Bihzád (“well bred”), the horse
of Siyáwush and sub-
sequently of Kai Khus-
rau, 146, ii, 391; iv, 172,
303
Siyáwush's last charge to,
ii, 312
Farangís instructs Kai
Khusrau how to obtain,
ii, 374 seq.
Bihzád, Gushtásp's horse, v, 56,
69
Bihzád, Íránian chief, temp.
Yazdagird son of Shápúr,
vi, 395; vii, 85 (?)
Bihzád, Íránian chief, temp.
Kubád son of Pírúz, vii,
207
Binalúd, mountain-range, west
of Mashhad, north of
Nishápúr, v, 29
Birds, Sikandar holds converse
with, 160, vi, 160
Birka-i-Ardshír, city in Párs
founded by Ardshír Pápa-
kán, vi, 290 and note
Birmáya, cow, i, 151
supplies the infant Farídún
with milk, i, 151
slain by Zahhák, i, 152, 153,
162
Birthmark, characteristic of
Kaian race, ii, 372; iii,
49 and note
described, ii, 372; iii, 49
Siyáwush's, iii, 49
Kai Khusrau's, ii, 372; iii,
49 and note
Farúd's, iii, 49
Bisá (Fasá, Pasá, city south of
Lake Bakhtigán in Párs,
vii, 89?)
Bishop or prelate q.v., iv, 341, 348
as militarist, i, 373, 378;
iv, 197; v, 306; vi, 352
advises Cæsar, iv, 330
Núshzád's last requests to,
vii, 275
Bishútan (Peshó-tanu), brother
of Asfandiyár, 156, 157,
v, 66, 117, 178, 179, 182,
195, 216, 223, 244 seq.,
249 seq., 261, 288 seq.
an immortal, v, 12, 19
birth of, v, 32
commands the host during
Asfandiyár's absence in
the Seven Stages, v, 122,
124, 126, 129, 132, 144,
150
Asfandiyár praised by the
host and, v, 123, 125, 131,
133
revives Asfandiyár after his
encounter with the dragon
v, 127
prays for deliverance from
the snow, v, 138
Asfandiyár and, consult, v,
143
sees Asfandiyár's signal and
approaches the Brazen
Hold, v, 150
passes himself off as Asfan-
diyár, v, 143, 151, 152
joined by Asfandiyár, v,
155
advises Asfandiyár, v, 179
Asfandiyár holds talk about
Rustam with, v, 192
advises Asfandiyár to main-
tain friendly relations
with Rustam, v, 196, 217
Rustam served with un-
tempered wine by, v, 211
despair of, at the situation
between Rustam and
Asfandiyár, v, 218
laments for Núsh Ázar and
Mihr-i-Núsh, v, 232
Asfandiyár talks of the
fight with Rustam to, v,
240
Bishútan, hears of Asfandiyár's
overthrow and laments
for him, v, 244
Rustam bewails Asfandiyár
to, v, 246
Asfandiyár's last charge to,
v, 249
heads Asfandiyár's funeral
train, v, 251
displays the corpse of As-
fandiyár, v, 253
reproaches Gushtásp, v, 253
Jámásp, v, 254
consoles Katáyún, v, 255
supports Rustam's over-
tures to Gushtásp, v, 257
intended by Gushtásp to be
Bahman's minister, v, 279
intercedes for Zál, v, 288
intercession of, accepted, v,
289
counsels Bahman to quit
Zábul, v, 290
Bistám (Gustaham q.v.), viii, 255
and note, 256
Bístún (Bagistana i.e. “Place of
God,” Behistún, Bísi-
tún), a lofty rock a few
miles east of Kirmánsháh
and famous for its in-
scriptions, i, 379; ii, 128;
iii, 12, 184, 350; iv, 190;
v, 56, 184; vii, 61, 363;
viii, 209
inscription of Darius Hys-
taspis at, i, 6; v, 11
Gotarzes at, iii, 9, 11
=Zál's white elephant, i, 328
=Rustam, v, 229
Bíwarasp (Zahhák), i, 72, 144
meaning of, i, 135
Bíward, Túránian hero, iii, 161
comes to aid Pírán, iii, 152
Bíward, Íránian chief temp.
Yazdagird son of Shápúr,
vi, 395
Bízhan, Íránian hero, son of Gív,
147, 150-152, ii, 4, 366
and note; ii, 4, 366 and
note; iii, 20, 45, 67, 76
seq., 81, 92, 101, 115, 121,
129, 130, 133, 139, 141,
157 seq., 211, 234, 247,
248, 253, 259, 264, 271,
284 seq., 289, 330 seq., 337
seq., 349, 350, 352 seq.;
iv, 7, 13, 26 seq., 56, 77,
88, 91, 102, 123 seq., 147,
292; vi, 194
favourite with the poet, iv, 8
parentage of, iii, 324
friendship of, with Gusta-
ham the son of Gazhda-
ham, iii, 15
relations of, with Gív, iii, 15
undertakes to slay Paláshán,
iii, 26
to carry off the crown
and handmaid of Ta-
zháv, iii, 27
swears to avenge Zarásp, iii,
59
borrows a steed from
Gustaham, iii, 59
the mail of Siyáwush,
iii, 60, 69
worsts Farúd, iii, 62
praises Farúd to Tús, iii, 62
fights with Farúd, iii, 64
Paláshán, iii, 70
pursues Tazháv, iii, 77
takes Ispanwí captive, iii, 78
prowess of, with Káwa's
standard, iii, 93
shares his steed with Gusta-
ham, iii, 95
goes with Gív in quest of
Bahrám, iii, 102
attacks Bídád, iii, 244
goes to summon Rustam,
iii, 245
worsted by Púládwand, iii,
258
Story of and Manízha, 150,
iii, 12, 285 seq.
historical basis of, iii, 11
Mohl on, iii, 285
Firdausí on, iii, 287
referred to, viii, 72
volunteers to go to the help
of the Irmánians, iii, 291
Bízhan, goes to Irmán with
Gurgín, iii, 292
destroys the wild boars, iii,
293
envied by Gurgín, iii, 294
steed of, iii, 296, 302, 313
interview of, with Manízha's
nurse, iii, 297
visits Manízha, iii, 298
drugged, iii, 299
wakes in Afrásiyáb's palace,
iii, 300
holds revel with Manízha,
iii, 300
discovered by Garsíwaz, iii,
302
taken before Afrásiyáb, iii,
303
sentenced to death, iii, 304
lament of, iii, 305
imprisoned, iii, 309; v, 116
searched for by Gurgín,
iii, 310
receives Rustam's ring, iii,
340
Rustam's conditions of re-
lease for, iii, 345
released, iii, 346
pardons Gurgín, iii, 346
joins in attack on Afrá-
siyáb's palace, iii, 347
presented to Kai Khúsrau
by Rustam, iii, 354
holds converse with Kai
Khusrau, iii, 356
desires to fight Húmán, iv,
39
asks Gív to lend him the
mail of Siyáwush, iv, 40
seeks Gúdarz' permission to
fight Húmán, iv, 41
receives the mail of Siyá-
wush from Gív, iv, 45
parleys with Húmán, iv,
45
returns after the fight in
Húmán's armour, iv 51,
defeats night-attack and
slays Nastíhan, iv, 54
attacks with Gív Pírán's
centre, iv, 83
Bízhan, fights with Farshídward,
iv, 87
chosen to fight with Rúín,
iv, 97
slays Rúín, iv, 103
asks Gúdarz for help for
Gustaham, iv, 117
rescues Gustaham, iv, 124
seq., 132
brings back the corpses of
Lahhák and Farshíd-
ward, iv, 126, 132
Kai Khusrau remonstrated
with by, and other nobles,
for refusing audience, iv,
275
Kai Khusrau gives audience
to, and other nobles, iv,
283 seq.
Kai Khusrau's gift to iv,
295
brings Luhrásp before Kai
Khusrau, iv, 300
sets out with Kai Khusrau
on his pilgrimage, iv, 306
refuses to turn back when
bidden by Kai Khusrau,
iv, 307
Kai Khusrau farewells and
warns, and his comrades,
iv, 308
disappears and is sought
in vain by, and his
comrades, iv, 308
end of, iv, 309
Gúdarz' grief for, iv, 310,
312
sons of, go with Zarír to
Rúm, iv, 360
hail Gushtásp as Sháh, iv,
362
Bízhan, Ashkánian king, vi, 197,
210
Bízhan, Khán of Turks, 176, ix,
70, 96
Máhwí writes to, ix, 96
consults his minister, ix, 97
sends troops to Marv, ix, 97
Máhwí makes war on, ix, 115
marches against Máhwí, ix,
117
Bízhan, Khán of Turks, lays am-
bush for Máhwí, ix, 118
sends Barsám in pursuit of
Máhwí, ix, 118
hears of Máhwí's capture,
ix, 119
puts Máhwí to death, ix, 120
goes mad and kills himself,
ix, 120, 121
Black Dív. See Dív.
horse, Gushtásp's, v, 18
cured by Zarduhsht, v, 18
Stone, meteorite built into
the wall of the Kaaba at
Mecca, ii, 163 and note,
vi, 65
Blest, Country of the, vi, 74, 76
Boars, wild, devastate Irmán,
iii, 290
slain by Bízhan, iii, 293
Bombyx Mori. See Silk.
Book of Kings, Firdausí's Sháh-
náma, i, 43
Indication and Revision,
Mas'údí's, vi, 252
quoted, vi, 252
Boot, golden. See Golden.
Borysthenes, river (Dnieper q.v.),
iii, 191
Boulder of the Dív Akwán, iii,
271, 343 seq., 347
Rustam carried off on, iii,
276
flung into the sea with,
iii, 278
raised from the sea, iii, 309
used to cover Bízhan's pris-
on, iii, 309
removed from pit's mouth
by Rustam iii, 345
Boundary-pillar, Bahrám Gúr's,
vii, 92, 160, 161, 164
Bowl, the full, symbolism of, vi,
63
Brabantio, his warning to
Othello, vi, 324
Brádrók-résh, a Karap, v, 15
slayer of Zarduhsht, v, 15
Brahman, Hindu priest, iii, 29;
iv, 50; v, 207, vii, 425;
ix, 21
Brahmans (Gymnosophistæ), 159
vi, 64
Palladius on, vi, 61
country of, vi, 143, 147
hear of Sikandar's coming
and write to him, vi,
143
Sikandar's interview with,
vi, 67, 143 seq.
described, vi, 144
reply to Sikandar's ques-
tions, vi, 144 seq.
Sikandar quits, vi, 147
Brahmanism supersedes Budd-
hism in eastern Írán, i, 16
Brains, human, prescribed to
Zahhák by Iblís, i, 139,
146
Bramble-grubber, 164. See
Diláfrúz.
Brand-mark, iii, 291
of Káús, iii, 291
Brazen Hold, the 156, v, 116,
117, 119 seq., 159, 197,
206, 255
route to, v, 120, 135
described, v, 121, 135, 141
Asfandiyár's stratagem for
taking, v, 116, 143
surprised from within by
Asfandiyár, v, 152 seq.
left in charge of Sáwa, v,
154
Arjásp's head thrown from
the ramparts of, v, 157
Asfandiyár destroys, v, 162
referred to, viii, 171
Bride, the, one of the Kai Káús'
treasures, iv, 295
given by Kai Khusrau to
Gív, Zál, and Rustam, iv,
295
Brides of the Treasure, Genii
that watch over secret
hoards, vi, 250
Bridge, Battle of the, ix, 5, 67
Browning, Robert, his poem of
“The Glove,” vi, 384
Bucephala, city founded by
Alexander the Great, vi,
18
Bucephalus, horse of Alexander
the Great, vi, 18
birth of, vi, 26
a mare (Ethiopic version),
vi, 18
offered by Darius to Porus,
vi, 31
death of, vi, 18, 64
city built by Alexander in
memory of, vi, 18
Buddha, birth stories of, vii, 383
Buddhism, in eastern Írán and
Kábulistán, i, 15
superseded by Brahman-
ism, i, 16
regarded as idolatrous by
Zoroastrians, i, 16
Buddhist saints, story of two, vi,
63
Budge, Dr. E. A. Wallis, his
editions of the Syriac
and Ethiopic versions of
the Pseudo-Callisthenes,
vi, 14, 17 note
Budini, race, vi, 73
Búiti, demon, assails Zarduhsht
i, 62; v, 17
Bukhára, city on the Zarafshán
river in the province of
Sughd, ii, 241; iv, 65;
vii, 331, 348, 359, 384;
ix, 97, 115, 117
Kurákhán sent to, iv, 154
Afrásiyáb joins Kurákhán
at, iv, 186
Fire-temple built by Túr at,
iv, 225
Bahrám Gúr attacks, vii, 90
receives tribute from, vii,
94
Bukhtakán. See Bakhtagán.
Bulghár (Bulgaria), viii, 406
Bull, mythological, i, 71; ii,
407; vii, 245
-fish, ii, 128
Bundahish, Pahlaví text, i, 91,
92, 117, 125, 131, 235,
236, 337 note, 338, 369;
ii, 3 note, 11, 26, 81, 118,
189
meaning of, i, 70 note
Bundahish, account of Creation
in, i, 117
Búráb, court-farrier to Cæsar,
iv, 326
refuses to employ Gushtásp,
iv, 327
Buráza, minister under Yazda-
gird son of Shápúr, vii, 4
Burial-place of Rustam's race,
the scene of the battle be-
tween Bahman and Fará-
marz, v, 287
Burjak and Burjátúr, vi, 207.
See Youths, the two.
Burjásp, Túránian hero, iv, 26
commands the left wing, iv,
26
Burns, quoted, viii, 3
Burrus, Prætorian prefect temp.
Nero, vii, 279
Burzmihr, Íránian warrior, vii,
86
bears Narsí's letter to Bah-
rám Gúr, vii, 94
Burzmihr, scribe, viii, 81, 87, 313
=Búzurjmihr (?) q.v., viii,
71
Burzúyalá, Túránian hero, iv,
182
fights and flees from Kai
Khusrau, iv, 183
Búsipás, nonce name used by
Húmán when parleying
with Rustam, iii, 198
Bust, city in Sístán, situated at
the junction of the Kan-
dahár and Helmund
rivers, i, 252; iv, 65; v,
173, 277, 287; vi, 175;
vii, 173, 395; ix, 89
stream of, i, 252
Buzgúsh, name of tribe, ii, 55
and note, iii, 207
Búzurjmihr, chief counsellor of
Núshírwán in Íránian
tradition and famous for
his wisdom, 167-170, i,
27; v, 261; vii, 5; viii,
3 seq., 67 seq.
associated with the Persian
Wisdom-literature, vii, 278
Búzurjmihr, a semi-mythical
personage, vii 280
found by Azád Sarv at Marv,
vii, 283
undertakes to interpret
Núshírwán's dream vii,
283
goes with Azád Sarv to
court, vii, 283
adventure of, with a snake,
vii, 284
interprets Núshírwán's
dream, vii, 284
rewarded and honoured by
Núshírwán, vii, 286, 289,
304, 311, 315, 388
accomplishments of, vii, 286
discourses of, at the Seven
Banquets of Núshírwán,
vii, 287 seq.
on fate and fortune, vii, 291
on the attainment of great-
ness, vii, 291, 296
on what is worthiest, vii,
291
on sages, vii, 288, 291, 292,
294, 296 seq., 309
on fools, vii, 297, 298, 306
on conduct, vii, 288, 291
seq., 299, 309
on kings, vii, 290, 294, 295,
301, 312
on the wise administrator,
vii, 294
on sons, vii, 295, 303, 311.
on riches and poverty, vii,
295
questioned by Ardshír and
Yazdagird, vii, 308
on scribes, i, 27; vii, 311
on loyalty, vii, 312
discourse of, vii, 366
questioned by Núshírwán,
vii, 367 seq.
expounds the game of chess,
vii, 380, 388
invents the game of nard,
vii, 381, 389
welcomed on his return from
Hind by Núshírwán, vii,
393
Búzurjmihr, goes hunting with,
and is suspected of theft
by, Núshírwan, viii, 4
disgraced by Núshírwán,
viii, 5
instructs Núshírwán's page,
viii, 5
refuses to admit himself in
the wrong, viii, 6 seq.
treated with increasing
rigour, viii, 7, 8
released, viii, 9
divination by, viii, 10 seq.
advises with Núshírwán,
viii, 47 seq.
instructed by Núshírwán
to prove Hurmuzd, viii,
56 seq.
abolition of Fire-worship
foretold by, viii, 68
death of, viii, 69, 71
=Burzmihr (?), viii, 71
Mas'údí on, viii, 71
Byzantine title, vii, 218
CÆSAR, the dynastic title of the
kings of the West or Rúm
who were regarded as be-
ing descended from Salm,
the son of Farídún, 154,
161, 162, 165, 167, 169,
172-174, i, 262; ii, 383;
iii, 9; vi, 112, 297, 353;
vii, 163; viii, 8 seq., 19,
43 seq., 51 seq., 230, 232,
245, 252 seq., 257 seq., 299,
306 seq., 334, 373 seq.,
408 seq.; ix, 10, 23
transliteration of, i, 84 and
note
temp. Luhrásp, 154, iv, 339
seq.; v, 11, 32, 167
daughter of=Katáyún, iv,
314; v, 167, 205
capital of, founded by Salm,
iv, 325
Cæsar, temp. Luhrásp, Nastár,
master of the herds to, iv,
325
refuses to employ Gush-
tásp, iv, 326
Búráb, court-farrier to, iv,
326
refuses to employ Gush-
tásp, iv, 327
proposes to give his eldest
daughter in marriage, iv,
329
wrath of, at his daughter's
choice of Gushtásp, iv,
330
yields to bishop's counsel,
iv, 331
refuses to provide for his
daughter and Gushtásp,
iv, 331
bids Mírín slay the wolf of
Fáskún, iv, 333
inspects the slain wolf, iv,
341
marries his second daugh-
ter to Mírín, iv, 341
bids Ahran slay the dragon
of Mount Sakíla, iv, 342
third daughter of, iv, 342
seq.
married to Ahran, iv,
348
rejoices in his two sons in
law, iv, 348
proclaims the tidings of the
slaying of the wolf and
the dragon, iv, 349
sons-in-law of, display their
accomplishment on the
riding-ground, iv, 349
sees Gushtásp's prowess and
questions him, iv, 350
learns the truth about the
wolf and the dragon and
asks pardon of Gushtásp
and Katáyun, iv, 351
wrath of, with Mírín and
Ahran, iv, 351
seeks to find out through
Katáyún who Gushtásp
is, iv, 351
Cæsar, temp. Luhrásp, receives
Gushtásp with honour at
court, iv, 352
Ilyás refuses to pay tribute
to iv, 352
receives a scornful message
from Mírín and Ahran, iv,
353
takes counsel with Gushtásp,
iv, 353
bids Gushtásp lead forth
the host, iv, 354
arrays the host, iv, 355
Gushtásp brings the dead
body of Ilyás to, iv, 355
welcomes Gushtásp after his
victory, iv, 356
consults Gushtásp about
demanding tribute from
Írán, iv, 356
sends an envoy to Luhrásp,
iv, 356
gives audience to Zarír, iv,
360
replies, to, and dismisses
Zarír, iv, 361
questions Gushtásp, iv, 361
sends Gushtásp to Zarír's
camp, iv, 361
goes to feast with Gush-
tásp and discovers who
he is, iv, 363
gives gifts to Katáyún, iv,
363
the Íránian chiefs, iv, 364
parts in good will from
Gushtásp, iv, 364
sends embassy to Gushtásp
on hearing of Arjásp's de-
feat, v, 75
temp. Humái, sues to Rush-
nawád for peace, v, 307
=Failakús q.v., vi, 24, 26, 27
=Sikandar q.v., vi, 40, 42, 49
113, 114, 118, 121, 122,
124, 128, 129, 142, 158,
161, 170, 174, 178, 183
=Valerian (Bazánúsh q.v.),
vi, 326
=Jovian (Bazánúsh q.v.),
vi, 353, 354
Cæsar, temp. Shápúr son of
Ardshír, 161
pays tribute, vi, 298
temp. Shápúr son of Urmuzd,
162, vi, 341 seq., 345
seq.
Shápúr in disguise visits, vi,
336
entertained by, vi, 337
discovered by, vi, 337
arrested by, vi, 337
sewn up in an ass's skin
by, vi, 338
put in charge of wife of
vi, 338
invades and ravages Írán,
vi, 338
Shápúr prepares to attack,
vi, 346
overthrown by Shápúr at
Taisafún, vi, 346 seq.
Shápúr's treatment of, vi,
349, 357
mother of, vi, 351
brother of (Yánús q.v.), vi,
351
temp. Yazdagird son of Shá-
púr, vi, 389
pays tribute, vi, 389
temp. Bahrám Gúr, 165
embassage of, to Bahrám
Gúr, vii, 5, 86, 100
marches on Írán, vii, 84
propounds questions to Bah-
rám Gúr, vii, 102
envoy of, questioned by the
high priest, vii, 104
temp. Núshírwán, 167, 169,
172-174, vii, 244 seq., 269,
273
replies to Núshírwán con-
cerning Munzir, vii, 245
treasures of, taken by Núsh-
írwán, vii, 255, 258
sues to Núshírwán for peace,
vii, 261
sends tribute to Núshírwán,
vii, 362
death of, viii, 43
temp. Núshírwán, Hurmuzd,
and Khusrau Parwíz, 172
Cæsar, temp. Núshírwán, etc.,
offends Núshírwán, viii,
44 seq.
marches against Núshír-
wán, viii, 46
attacks Hurmuzd, viii, 93
retakes cities, viii, 93
makes peace with Hurmuzd,
viii, 95
welcomes Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 257
offers help to Khusrau Par-
wíz, viii, 261
changes his mind, viii, 262
consults the astrologers, viii,
264
decides to help Khusrau
Parwíz, viii, 265
offers daughter to Khusrau
Parwíz, viii, 266
offers of, accepted by Khus-
rau Parwíz viii, 269, 270
talisman of, viii, 271, 275
deceives Rúman envoys,
viii, 272
mastered by Kharrád,
viii, 274
gifts of, to Kharrád, viii, 278
writes to Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 279
praises Rúman envoys, viii,
279
counsels Maryam, viii, 279,
280
gives Niyátús charge of
Maryam, viii, 280
corpse of Kút sent to, viii,
291
Khusrau Parwíz announces
death of Bahrám Chú-
bína to, viii, 345
daughter of, gives birth to
Shírwí, viii, 371
Khusrau Parwíz' letter to,
viii, 373
rejoicing of, at birth of
Shírwí, viii, 374
embassy of, to Khusrau
Parwíz, viii, 374
gifts of, given by Khusrau
Parwíz to Shírwi, viii, 381
Cæsar, temp. Núshírwán, etc.,
invited to seize Írán, viii,
408
tricked by Khusrau Parwíz
and retreats, viii, 410
letter of, about the True
Cross referred to, ix, 22
Cæsarean birth, of Rustam, i,
236, 321 seq.
Calanus (Sphinés), Indian as-
cetic, vi, 61
Onesicritus and, vi, 61
Alexander the Great and,
vi, 61
death of, vi, 61
derivation of, vi, 61
identical with the sage sent
by Kaid to Sikandar
(see Four Wonders), vi, 62
Calendar, Zoroastrian, i, 88; iii,
286
adopted by Darius Hystas-
pis, i, 59
Callinicus. See Káliniyús.
Callisthenes, Greek historian
temp. Alexander the Great
vi, 12, 74
Romance of Alexander
fathered on, vi, 13
account of, vi, 13
Callitris quadrivalvis, the Arar
tree, vi, 19
Cambyses, father of Cyrus the
Great, ii, 190
identical with Siyáwush in
legend, ii, 191
Cambyses, son of Cyrus the
Great and King of Persia
(B.C. 528-521), v, 10, 11;
vi, 16
Camel, piece in chess, vii, 422
position of, vii, 422
move of, vii, 422
Cancer, constellation, iii, 125,
151, 255; vii, 257
moon in, an evil omen, i, 188;
iii, 255 (?)
Candace (Kandake, Kaidáfa
q.v.), dynastic title of the
queens of Ethiopia, vi
13, 72
Candace Alexander the Great
and, vi, 65 seq.
Candahar. See Kandahar.
Cannibalism, iii, 191, 244
Canopus, star, i, 188
of Yaman, i, 266; ii, 203;
iii, 297; vi, 382
Cappadocia (Pálawína), vi, 294
Captives, mutilation of, vi, 323,
334, 348, 357
settlement of, vi, 327, 357
Carline and Bahrám Chúbína,
viii, 189, 303
Carnelians, ii, 123
of Yaman, ii, 123
Carrhæ, defeat of Crassus at, i, 15
Carthagenians, the, vi, 30
Alexander the Great's
legendary visit to, vi, 30
Casaubon, Isaac, vi, 13
Caspian Sea, i, 3, 4, 16, 19, 56,
57, 338; ii, 189, 336;
iii, 10, 192; iv, 136; v,
13
Caspian Gates, iv, 315; vi, 31,
32
Cassander (B.C. 350-297), eldest
son of Antipater and
King of Macedonia, vi, 82
Castellan, bishop as. See Bishop.
Castes, division of Aryans into,
i, 7
Íránians into, i, 130, 132
Castle, White. See White Castle.
of the Aláns. See Alans.
Bahman. See Bahman.
Oblivion, vii, 184
Kubád son of Pírúz
confined in, vii, 184
escapes from, viii, 184
Catholicus, viii, 195
Catullus, Roman poet (B.C. 84-
54), i, 60
on Persian next of kin
marriage, i, 60
Caucasus, mountain-range run-
ning in a south-easterly
direction from the Black
Sea to the Caspian, i, 16;
iv, 316; vi, 15; vii, 214,
217; viii, 72
Caucasus, passes in, i, 16; vi, 79
fortified, 1, 16, vii, 153,
187, 216, 239
Mas'údí's account of,
vii, 215
barrier (mythical) of Alex-
ander the Great (Sikan-
dar) in, i, 16; vi, 78, 189,
249
legend of, in the Kurán,
vi, 78
site of, vi, 79
described, vi, 164
Cave, cavern, in Mázandarán, ii,
28
White Dív's, ii, 28, 55, 58
seq.
Afrásiyáb's, in Ázarbáiján,
iv, 136 seq., 259 seq.
Central clime. See Clime.
Chách (Shásh, Old Táshkand,
now in ruins), city on the
right bank of the Jax-
artes west of Ferghána,
famous for its bows, ii,
241, 258; iv, 19, 187, 188,
255; vii, 167, 329, 334,
340, 343, 348, 358, 359;
viii, 314, 377; ix, 115, 116
bow of, i, 227; iii, 123, 181,
227; v, 244; vi, 384;
viii, 125, 126, 294
government of, given to Tús
by Rustam, ii, 358
thane of, one of Firdausí's
authorities, vi, 197, 210
referred to, vi, 229 and
note
daughter of governor of,
vii, 285
intrigue of, vii, 285
executed, vii, 286
battle-axes of, ix, 118
Chaghán, district on the right
bank of the Oxus where
that river is crossed from
Tirmid, and city further
north on the upper waters
of river of the same name,
iii, 152, 177, 228; vii, 94,
157, 359
Chaghán, ceded by Kubád to
the Haitálians, vii, 198
monarch of=Faghánish, vii,
333
Chaghwán=Chaghán (?), vi, 174
Sikandar visits, vi, 174
quits, vi, 175
Cháha, hostelry of, i, 45
Chahár Makála, Persian treatise,
i, 23
account of Firdausí in, i, 38,
39, 45
Chahram (Jahram q.v.), city in
Párs
Chalah, viii, 193
Chálandshán. See Chánland-
shán.
Chalcedon, viii, 194, 195
Chalybon-Beroea (Aleppo), city
in northern Syria, vii, 218;
viii, 41
held to ransom by Núshír-
wán, vii, 218
Champions, the Twelve, vii, 156.
See Rukhs.
Chamrosh, mythical bird, i, 235
Chánlandshán (Khálanján.
Khánlanján), district and
town (Fírúzán) near Ispa-
hán on the Zayinda river
(see LEC. pp. 206, 207
and note), i, 29
Ahmad ibn Muhammad of,
patron of Firdausí, i, 29
Firdausí's escape from
drowning at, i, 26, 29
Chao-wou=Sáwa q.v., viii, 72
Characters, chief, of Sháhnáma,
i, 49
Characteristics, of Írán, i, 3 seq.
Characteristics of a Happy Man,
Pahlaví text, vii, 279
Charam, place in Írán, iii, 40, 41,
52, 68, 85, 86, 111, 112
Charbar, place on the coast of
Balúchistán (Makrán), vi,
70
Chares of Mytilene, Greek writer
and official at the court of
Alexander the Great ii
10; vi 61
Chares of Mytilene, story by, of
Hystaspes and Zariadres
quoted, iv, 314
Charinda, river, iii, 10 note
Charjui (Ámwí q.v.), city on the
Oxus, vii, 91 note
Charogos. See Tainúsh.
Chase, equipage for, vii, 48, 76;
viii, 384
Chess, game of, 169, vi, 201;
vii, 14 and note, 280, 385
seq.; viii, 371
Note on, vii, 380
sent by the Rája of Hind to
Núshírwán, vii, 5, 380,
384 seq.
expounded by Búzurjmihr,
vii, 380, 388
symbolism of, vii, 381
two forms of, vii, 381, 388,
422
changes in powers of pieces
in, vii, 381
Mas'údí on, vii, 382
invention of, Story of the,
169, vii, 394 seq.
Chess-board, vii, 14, 385, 388
Chess-men, vii, 14, 380, 388
Chevy Chase, ii, 82
Chigil (Naryn?) district and
river, tributary of the
Jaxartes, iv, 155
monarch of, v, 110
commands the left, v, 110
=Arjásp, v, 54, 86
Turkman of, =Gurgsár, v,
139
Chihrzád (Humái), daughter and
wife of Sháh Bahman, ii,
3; v, 290 and note
meaning of, v, 290 and note
Chíjast (Khanjast, Urumiah),
lake in Ázarbáiján, iv,
136 note
Children, sometimes brought up
un-named, i, 8, 179
Chín, country, China, but gen-
erally in the Sháhnáma
equivalent to Chinese
Tartary and sometimes
to Túrán, 160, 165, 173,
i, 207, 229, 230, 261, 267,
351, 371; ii, 77, 82, 111,
143, 154, 156, 237, 277,
286, 287, 289, 297, 305,
307, 357, 359, 383, 394;
iii, 46, 49, 103, 106 and
passim.
assigned by Farídún to Túr,
i, 189
brocade of, i, 269, 233 and
passim
coasts of, vi, 173
cloth of gold from, ii, 275;
vi, 182, 334
dínárs of, iv, 241
Faghfúr of. See Faghfúr.
helm of, i, 132
images of, v, 35
implements of, vi, 122
Khán of. See Khán.
King of=Afrásiyáb, ii, 99;
iv, 165, 170, 230
=Khán, iii, 227, 228;
vii, 87
=Arjásp, v, 36, 52, 55,
69, 86, 108
=Faghfúr, vii, 131
lord of=Mahmúd, iv, 142
=Sikandar, vi, 113
=Faghfúr, vi, 171
mace of, iii, 129
ornaments of, ii, 232; vi,
102, 139
paper of, vi, 172
pen of, vi, 57, 99
prince of=Khán, iii, 226
=Afrásiyáb, iv, 194
=Arjásp, v, 35
=Parmúda, viii, 142
=Sáwa, viii, 222
rarities of, vi, 171, 173; vii,
49
robes of, iii, 329; viii, 205,
257
Rose of=daughter of the
Khán, vii, 363 and note
sea of, i, 113, 140, 252, 349;
ii, 12, 256, 276, 285, 356,
357; iii, 151, 252; iv,
237, 254; v, 109, 203,
233, 239 note; vi, 149;
vii, 343; viii, 377
shield of, iii, 125, 140, 256;
ix, 118
Sikandar goes to, vi, 169
silk of, i, 157; iii, 104, 165;
v, 159, 295; vi, 85, 266;
vii, 73, 92, 347, 364, 418;
viii, 258, 269, 374
steel of, iii, 186
stuffs of, vi, 143, 215
ware of, vii, 78
sage of, viii, 235
sashes from, ix, 12, 53
gold thread of, ix, 82
merchantmen of, ix, 89
China, country, vi, 204
silk industry of, vi, 204
Chináb (Akesines), river in the
Punjáb, vi, 31, 64
Chinese, viii, 72
language, vi, 147
Chingish, Túránian hero, 149, iii,
207
volunteers to avenge Kámús,
iii, 194
challenges Rustam, iii, 194
slain by Rustam, iii, 195
Chínwí, noble of Chín, viii, 331
Chionitæ, people, v, 13
geographical position of, v,
13
Chorene, Moses of. See Moses.
Chosrau, Chosroes I (Kisrá),
Sásánian Sháh, vii, 212,
281. See Núshírwán.
Chosroes, king of Armenia, vi,
202
Christ, 174, vi, 339; vii, 207,
249, 264, 270, 273, 276;
ix, 24, 109
Faith of, vi, 133, 339; vii,
274; viii, 43, 191, 272,
310, 380
account of, viii, 276
father of, viii, 276
mother of, viii, 276
Cross of, viii, 377, 380; ix,
23
laughter of, viii, 191, 380
Christian, Christians, 167, vi,
342; vii, 171, 254, 270;
viii, 21, 67, 195, 196, 256,
272, 308, 310, 381; ix, 23
rites of marriage, vi, 104
Faith, vi, 356
persecution of, vii, 153
Firdausí's view of, vii, 219
wife of Núshírwán, vii, 263,
274
mother of Núshzád, vii,
263
helps Núshzád in his
revolt, vii, 266
laments for Núshzád,
vii, 276
support Núshzád, vii, 266,
272
shut gates of Kársán against
Khusrau Parwíz, viii, 252
Christianity, vi, 138
polemics against, vii, 219,
270, 273
Chúbín (Júbín), father, accord-
ing to Mas'údí, of Bahrám
Chúbína, viii, 77
Chúbína, viii, 215, 222
meaning of, viii, 98 note
Cilicia (Kaidáfa), most south-
easterly province of Asia
Minor, vi, 294
Circesium, viii, 188
City of Women, 160. See Harúm.
Claudius, Roman emperor (A.D.
41-54), iii, 10
Cleophis, Indian queen, vi, 65
Alexander the Great and,
vi, 65
Climate, of Írán, i, 4, 5
Mázandarán, ii, 27
Clime, Climes, the seven, i, 40,
71, 122, 123, 238; ii, 15
note, 372; iii, 290, 317;
vi, 179, 262, 266, 273, 280,
376, 377; viii, 395
Kai Khusrau surveys, in his
divining-cup, iii, 318
Central, i, 71, 122; ii, 27
Cloud, emblem of prosperity, i,
73, 113, 114; ii, 263 and
note; iv, 141; vi, 96
Cloud, thunder-, as water-steal-
ing demon, i, 7
of bale=Afrásiyáb, ii, 13
name given by Rustam to
himself, ii, 53
Clough, quoted, viii, 187
Cocks and hens, taught to crow
daybreak, i, 126
Colchians, people of the south-
eastern shores of the
Euxine, vi, 72
Colic, cure of, vii, 39
Commander of the Faithful, ix,
72
'Umar, the first, ix, 72 and
note
Commons, king of the, vii, 3
Communists (Mazdakites, q.v.),
vii, 185
Companions of the Prophet
(Muhammad), 139
praise of, 139, i, 106
Constantinople, vii, 316; viii,
194
conspirator against Núshír-
wán escapes to, vii, 316
Contents, General Table of, ix,
139
Cook, chief, of Núshírwán, griev-
ance of, viii, 18
Cordwainer. See Shoemaker.
Corn-land, taxes on, vii, 215
Corpse, 160
Cos, island in the Ægean sea, vi,
204
silk industry of, vi, 204
Cosmogony, ancient Íránian, i,
5, 71
Firdausí's, 102, iv, 136
Country of the Blest. See Blest.
Courses, the Seven, of Rustam,
143, ii, 29, 44 seq.
Crassus, the triumvir (B.C. 115-
53), i, 15
defeat of, at Carrhæ, i, 15
Creation, Zoroastrian account of,
i, 5, 117
Firdausí's account of, i, 102
seq.
Crete, island, south of Greece,
vi, 323 note.
Crete, Minos king of, legend of,
vi, 323 note
Crocodile, iii, 278
=assassin, i, 111
=Kámús, iii, 192
Cross, the, 174, vi, 351, 352;
vii, 249, 270, 276; viii, 308,
309, 374
captured by Dáráb, vi, 306
and note
religion of, vi, 138
Passion of, vi, 339
the true, viii, 191, 196, 253,
377, 378, 380; ix, 4, 5,
10, 24
restoration of, ix, 7, 56
of Christ, ix, 23
Elevation of, ix, 43
Crows and Owls, story of, viii,
263 and note
Crystal, House of, ix, 25 and note
Ctesias. See Ktesias.
Ctesiphon (Taisafún q.v.), city on
the left bank of the Tigris
some 25 miles below Bagh-
dád, originally an exten-
sion of Seleucia on the
right bank of that river,
ii, 80; vi, 321, 322, 325,
372; viii, 42, 188, 189,
193, 194, 196; ix, 65 seq.
taken by Shahrbaráz, ix,
43, 44
Sa'ad, ix, 67
booty found at, ix, 68
Culture-heroes. See Gaiúmart,
Húshang, Tahmúras, and
Jamshíd, i, 118 seq.
Cup, divining-, of Kai Khusrau,
iii, 317, 318, 323
inexhaustible, of Kaid, 159,
vi, 94, 100, 109
poisoned, proffered to Ard-
shír Pápakán, vi, 259
crystal, to detect poison (?),
vii, 51
Cybele, Greek goddess, vi, 71
=Hittite Ma, vi, 71
Cymbals, of the Brides of the
Treasure, vi, 250; vii, 35
and note
Cypress, of Kishmar. See Kish-
mar.
Cyrus the Great (B.C. 558-528),
son of Cambyses and
founder of the Persian
empire
legend of, in Herodotus
identical with that of Kai
Khusrau, ii, 9, 190
in Ctesias transferred to
Ardshír Pápakán, vi,
195
rise of, i, 18
compared to that of Ard-
shír Pápakán, vi, 194
historical parallel with Kai
Khusrau, v, 10
DABISTÁN, 17th century Persian
treatise, v, 28
Cypress of Kishmar, account
of, in, v, 28
Dád, Íránian warrior, vii, 86
Dádáfríd, melody, viii, 398 and
note
Daévas. See Dív.
Daghwí, desert in Turkistán, ii,
193; iv, 117
Dahae i.e., “foes” or “robbers,”
a name given by the Írán-
ians to the nomad tribes
dwelling east of the Casp-
ian and north of the
Atrak in the region now
occupied by the Yamut
Turkmans, i, 19; iii,
10
Daháka (Azhi, Azi, Zahhák
q.v.), evil spirit, i, 7, 142,
172
Dahistán, stead or home of the
Dahae q.v. and town
between Harát and Marv,
i, 280, 344 seq., 349, 363,
iv, 61, 72, 79, 148, 157;
ix, 95
Naudar beleaguered in, by
Afrásiyáb, i, 353
Dai, genius, i, 88, 89; iii, 287,
328
month or day, i, 88, 89; v,
43; vi, 306; viii, 173,
421; ix, 17
pa Mihr, day, i, 88; v,
16
Dái Marj, place where Bahrám
Gúr is said to have been
drowned, vii, 6
Dáitya, river, v, 13
Daizan (Táír q.v.), vi, 322
legend of, vi, 322
daughter of, legend of, vi,
323
Dakhma, “Tower of Silence,” i,
81 and note
Dakíkí, Persian poet, 139, 154,
155, ii, 3 note, 8; v,
10, 13; vi, 196; viii,
190
account of, i, 28, 67, 69,
109; v, 20
Firdausí and, v, 21 seq.,
30, 87, 88
work of, compared with the
Yátkár-i-Zarírán, v, 24
seq.
Dámaghán, city on the road from
Tihrán to Nishápúr and
the capital of the province
of Kúmis, ii, 15; iv, 255;
viii, 109, 189
Dáman-i-Kuh, the northern
“mountain-skirt” of mod-
ern Persia, iii, 15
Damascus, chief city in Syria,
vi, 195
Nicolaus of, Greek his-
torian, temp. Augustus,
vi, 195
Damáwand, volcano nearly
20,000 feet high and the
culminating peak of the
mountain-range south of
the Caspian, i, 143, 144,
148; vi, 202; viii, 391
Zahhák fettered on, i, 169,
173
Arish's arrow-shot from, v,
12
Dambar, city in Kábulistán (?)
which was regarded as
Indian, i, 252, 256; iv,
278, 283, 284; vii, 396,
399, 421
Dámdád, Nask, i, 70 note
Damúr, Túránian hero, ii, 296,
319; iv, 156
overthrown by Siyáwush,
ii, 295
advocates execution of Siyá-
wush, ii, 317
Danbar. See Dambar.
Dandamis. See Mandanes.
Dáng, coin, ix, 94 and note
Dánishwar, the dihkán, sup-
posed compiler of the
Bástán-náma, temp. Yaz-
dagird III, i, 67, 68
Danube, river, v, 11
Darius' expedition to, v, 11.
Dárá, son of Dáráb, Sháh (Darius
Codomanus q.v.) 158, i,
42; ii, 3, 9; v, 281; vi,
83 seq., 112, 113, 123,
124, 132, 137, 170, 172,
188, 325, 353; viii, 220,
242, 387
first historic Sháh in the
Sháhnáma, i, 49
origin of name, v, 297 note
legendary son of Dáráb, vi,
17, 27
appointed by Dáráb to
succeed him, vi, 27
Reign of, 158, vi, 29 seq.
Note on, vi, 29 seq.
historical account of, vi, 29
movements of, after his
final defeat by Alex-
ander (Sikandar), vi, 31
Sikandar's correspondence
with the wife and daugh-
ter of, vi, 33
accession of, vi, 34
letter of, to the kings, vi,
34
pays his troops, vi, 35
ambassadors come to, vi, 35
demands tribute from
Sikandar, vi, 36
Dárá, marches against Sikandar,
vi, 37
Sikandar's visit to the camp
of, vi, 38
invites Sikandar to a ban-
quet, vi, 40
ambassador of, recognises
Sikandar, vi, 40
sends horsemen in pursuit
of Sikandar vi, 41
defeated by Sikandar, vi, 43
collects another army, vi,
43
defeat of vi, 44
goes to Chahram vi, 44
Istakhr vi, 44
takes counsel with his chiefs
vi, 45
collects a new host vi, 46
marches from Istakhr, vi, 46
defeat of, vi, 46
withdraws to Kirmán, vi,
46
bewails himself, vi, 47
letter of, to Sikandar, vi, 49
Fúr, vi, 50
marches against Sikandar,
vi, 51
abandoned by his troops
and flees, vi, 51
murdered by his ministers,
vi, 52
murderers of, arrested by
Sikandar, vi, 53
dying interview of, with
Sikandar, vi, 53
vengeance promised to, by
Sikandar, vi, 53
tells his last wishes to
Sikandar, vi, 54
bestows Rúshanak upon
Sikandar, vi, 55, 86
dies, vi, 55
burial of, vi, 56
Sásán, son of, vi, 211
kindred of, support Ard-
shír Pápakán, vi, 223
Dárá (Daras), city, viii, 41, 194
taken by Núshírwán, viii, 41
ceded by Khusrau Parwíz,
viii, 188
Dárá Panáh, viii, 189, 284
goes disguised to Khusrau
Parwíz' camp, viii, 286
betrays Bahrám Chúbína,
viii, 286
returns to Bahrám Chúbína,
with forged letter, viii, 287
Dáráb, Sháh, son of Bahman
and Humái, 158, i, 42;
ii, 3, 9; v, 281, 292, 297
seq.; vi, 11, 34 and note,
49, 83, 84, 86, 132, 137,
172, 188; vii, 215; viii,
191
foundling legend of, ii, 11;
v, 293 seq.
Tabarí's version of, v,
297 note
birth of, v, 294
referred to, v, 294 seq.
exposed on the Farát, v,
295
found and adopted by a
launderer, v, 296 seq.
royal birth of, asserts itself,
v, 298
youthful escapades of, v, 298
brought up as a cavalier, v,
299
feels lack of natural affec-
tion for the launderer, v,
300
hears of his case from the
launderer's wife, v, 300
enlists, v, 301
seen by Humái, v, 302
and the adventure of the
ruined vault, v, 303
receives gifts from Rashna-
wád, v, 304
questioned by Rashnawád,
v, 304
prowess of, against the
Rúmans, v, 305, 306
praised and rewarded by
Rashnawád, v, 305, 306
captures the Cross, v, 306
and note
takes of the spoil one spear,
v, 307
returns to Írán, v, 307
Dáráb, Rashnawád hears from
the launderer and his wife
of the case of, v, 308
Rashnawád writes to Humái
about, v, 308
recognised by Humái as
being her son, v, 308
appears with Rashnawád
before Humái, v, 309 seq.
crowned by Humái and
accepts her excuses, v, 310
Humái proclaims the ac-
cession of, v, 311
visited by, and rewards, the
launderer and his wife,
v, 311, 312
Reign of, 158, vi, 11 seq.
Note on, vi, 11 seq.
father of Sikandar in Per-
sian legend, vi, 16
legendary father of Dárá, vi,
17
harangues the chiefs, vi, 20
ambassadors come to, vi, 21
employs Rúman artificers,
vi, 21
wars with the Arabs, vi, 21
defeats and demands tribute
from Arabs, vi, 22
wars with Rúm, vi, 22
defeats Failakús, vi, 23
grants terms of peace to
Failakús, vi. 24
marries the daughter of
Failakús, vi, 25
returns to Párs, vi, 25
becomes disaffected towards
his wife (Náhíd), vi, 25
marries again, vi, 27
Dárá is born to him, vi, 27
fails in health, vi, 27
appoints Dárá to succeed
him, vi, 27
dies, vi, 28
Dáráb, Dárábgird, city in Párs,
158, vi, 17, 198, 199;
viii, 313
Darband, town and pass be-
tween the Caucasus q.v.,
and the Caspian, ii, 336;
viii, 369 note
Darband, Pass of, described,
i, 16
fortification of, i, 16, 17
and note, vii, 213, 239
Mas'údí's accounts of,
vii, 215
Darí, vii, 430 and note
Dariel, Pass of, in the Caucasus,
vi, 79
Darius, Hystaspis, Sháh, i, 9, 65;
v, 10; viii, 187
trilingual inscription of, at
Bihistún, i, 6
Zoroastrian calendar adopt-
ed by, i, 59
reign of, and Gushtásp's
compared, v, 11
conversion of, v, 11
Darius, Codomanus (Dárá q.v.)
Sháh, i, 49; vi, 16, 17, 29
defeated at Issus, vi, 30
Alexander escapes from the
banquet of, vi, 30
defeated at Gaugamela, vi,
31
asks that his family may be
restored to him, vi, 31
writes to Porus, vi, 31
historical account of the
death of, vi, 31
daughter of, marries Alex-
ander, vi, 33
corpse of, sent to Párs, vi,
33
assassins of, punished, vi, 33
Dareja, river in Ázarbáiján, v,
14
Darkness, Land of. See Gloom.
House of, ix, 7;
Dármán, viii, 202
Darmesteter, Professor, on Fir-
dausí's geography, ii, 79,
80
on Afrásiyáb's capture by
Húm, iv, 136
Story of the Worm, vi, 203
Haftwád, vi, 206
Darún, Zoroastrian religious rite,
v, 19
Daryai Rúd, river in Ázarbáiján,
v, 14
Dastagird, city, viii, 193, 196;
ix, 7
taken by Heraclius, viii, 194
Dashma, Íránian hero, iv, 148
Dástán (Zál q.v.), i, 84, 248, 264
Dástán-i-Sám (Zál q.v.), i, 84
Dástán-i-Zand (Zál q.v.), i, 245
and note, 248
Date-palm, i, 4
taxes on, vii, 215, 225
Daughter of Kaid. See Kaid,
Four Wonders of.
Daulat Sháh, author of “Lives
of the Poets,” i, 24
Death, early, Firdausí's justifi-
cation of, ii, 119
Dead Sea, viii, 192
Deinon. See Dinon.
Deipnosophistœ, of Athenæus, ii,
10
quoted, iv, 314
Derketo, goddess, v, 292
legend of, v, 292
Destiny, Muhammadan and Zor-
oastrian conceptions of, i,
52
Déwasárm, king of Hind, vii, 381
sends the game of chess to
Núshírwán, vii, 380
Dharma, Indian god of righteous-
ness, iv, 138
follows in the form of a dog
the Pándavas in their pil-
grimage, iv, 139
Dhoulkarnain. See Zu-'l-kar-
nain.
Dhú Kár, battle of, viii, 188, ix,
4, 5, 66
historical account of, viii,
190
date of, viii, 191
Diagram to illustrate reign of
Gushtásp, v, 27
Persian Romance of Alex-
ander the Great, vi, 84
Díba-i-Khusrauí, treasure, viii,
406 and note
Dice, vii, 381
used in the game of nard,
vii, 381, 389
symbolism of, vii, 381, 382
Dihkán, Persian generic title, i,
56, 81
Faith of, vi, 95
Dijla (Arwand, Tigris q.v.), river,
i, 160
Farídún's crossing of, i, 160
Diláfrúz, Íránian hero, iv, 147
Diláfrúz, a bramble-grubber,
Bahrám Gúr and, vii, 70
seq.
Diláfrúz-i-Farrukhpái, Íránian
slave-girl, 162, vi, 3
slave to Cæsar's wife, vi,
338
pities Shápúr, vi, 339
discovers who Shápúr is, vi,
339
frees Shápúr from the ass's
skin, vi, 340
escapes with Shápúr from
Rúm, vi, 340 seq:
entertained by a gardener,
vi, 342
praised by Shápúr, vi, 346
named and honoured by
Shápúr, vi, 356
meaning of, vi, 356 note
Dílam, Dílamán, district on the
Caspian now represented
by Talish and part of
Gílán, vi, 202, 227; vii,
243, 244, 362
Dílamids (Buyids), dynasty rul-
ing in south-western Írán
in the 10th century A.D.,
i, 14, 21, 45
Dílamite, 'Alí the, friend and
helper of Firdausí, i, 35;
ix, 121
Dilánjám, Cæsar's (temp. Luh-
rásp) second daughter, iv,
333
asked in marriage by Mírín,
iv, 333
married to Mírín, iv, 341
Dilárái, wife to Dárá and mother
of Rúshanak, 158, 159, vi,
87 seq.
visited by Náhíd, vi, 89
Dimna, Kalíla and, 169. See
Fables of Bidpai.